White Lies: Sinéad O’Connor And All The White People Who’ve Lied On Black Folk
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Veronica Wells
The White Woman in Rosewood
If you thought this was just a fictional story, starring Ving Rhames, it’s not. At least six Blacks and two Whites were killed in Rosewood, Florida before the town was eventually abandoned and destroyed. And all of it began with unproven accusations that a White woman in the nearby town of Sumner had been beaten and possibly raped. Survivors of what is now called a massacre hid in swamps until they could evacuate to larger towns. None of the Black residents ever returned to Rosewood.
Veronica Wells is the culture editor at MadameNoire.com. She is also the author of “Bettah Days.” You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter @VDubShrug.
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