The 1920 Ocoee Massacre, also known as the deadliest election day in United States history. The under-told story about when an African-American community was attacked for using their right to vote in ...
The city of Ocoee will mark the 105th remembrance of the 1920 Ocoee Massacre this weekend with a ceremony honoring the victims and descendants of a deadly and violent Election Day attack.
What is your voting story? No matter who you are, you probably have one, whether personal or historical. A few years ago, I came across the “Ocoee Massacre,” which the Orange County History Center ...
can you imagine a child like me watching this hearing this feeling, this fear my granddad decided that, hey, we're gonna have to leave because they're gonna kill us and burn up everything in Ochoa in ...
Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920, in the orange ...
Hundreds of people gathered in Ocoee for the city’s 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Unity Parade and Celebration. Families, elected officials, and community groups all attended the ...