What the records say
- When
- 2 Nov 1920
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 30
- Coordinates
- 28.59° N, 81.53° W
- Description
- white mob attack on African-American residents in Ocoee, Florida
Ocoee massacre
1920 mass violence in Florida, U.S.
The Ocoee massacre was an act of mass racial violence in November 1920. During the massacre, a white mob attacked African American residents in the northern parts of Ocoee, Florida, a town located in Orange County near Orlando. Ocoee was the home to 255 African-Americans and 560 white residents according to the 1920 Census.
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