Archive for July, 2007
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Marking Rosewood History
DOUG FINGER/The Gainesville Sun
Robie A. Mortin, a survivor of the Rosewood massacre, helps unveil the Rosewood historical marker at a dedication Tuesday, May 4, 2004.
A decade ago, after months of sometimes rancorous debate in the Legislature, Gov. Lawton Chiles signed into law the precedent-setting compensation bill for the survivors of the 1923 Rosewood massacre […]
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
A Trip Back in Time
By KARL HYPPOLITE
Special to The Sun
Lizzie Jenkins says she has always had a passion for history. It’s something that she’s always been drawn to - a love imparted to her by her mother. After several years of studying African-American history in Gainesville, Jenkins decided to take it one step further.
Jenkins, an Archer native, recently published […]
