November 2, 1920, Election Day, Ocoee, Florida.
Two African American men tried unsuccessfully to vote. One was lynched, the other escaped. The town was burned by a white mob. Over the next three days, from six to over thirty lost their lives. This story will be told.
TOGETHER: Looking Back, Moving Forward
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Looking Back, Moving Forward”. Submit to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Selected
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Click here to view community-generated testimonial videos as
We approach the 100 year Anniversary of the Ocoee Voting Day Massacre.
ATJ Membership
Rachel Allen, Director, Valencia College Peace and Justice Institute
Willie J. Allen, Jr., Documentary Photographer
Brenda Alston, Teacher, Orange County Public Schools (retired); League of Women Voters of Orange County
Cathleen Armstead, Ph.D., Democracy Forum, Sociology Professor, Miami Dade College
Kathleen Bell, Ph.D., University of Central Florida Professor of English (retired)
Heather Bryson, Ph.D, Valencia College Professor of History
Kristin Congdon, Ph.D., University of Central Florida Professor Emerita, Philosophy and Humanities
Harry Coverston, Ph.D., Episcopal Priest; University of Central Florida and Valencia College Humanities Instructor (retired)
Joy Dickinson, Columnist, Orlando Sentinel; League of Woman Voters of Orange County; West Orange Reconciliation Task Force
Toya Flewellyn, EYESEEIMAGES
Valada Flewellyn, Poet; Author; Storyteller; Bridging the Color Divide; Historian, the Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Will Jefferson, Community Manager, Valencia College, Peace and Justice Institute
Ruth King, Blues Musician and Songwriter
Connie Lester, Ph.D., Director, University of Central Florida RICHES; Associate Professor of History; Editor, Florida Historical Quarterly
Shelley Lauten, Community Advocate; Former CEO of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness
Fairolyn Livingston, Chief Historian, Hannibal Square Heritage Center, Winter Park; Bridging the Color Divide
Bill Maxwell, Chair, Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board
Ann Patton, Author
Jeanine Taylor, Jeanine Taylor Folk Art
Trent Tomengo, MFA, Seminole State College Professor of Humanities
Charley Williams, Past President, League of Women Voters of Orange County
UP COMING EVENTS
