Strange Fruit in Florida
Event Date:
February 21 @ 6:00 pm
Event Navigation
Venue:Lake Wales Museum325 S. Scenic Highway Lake Wales, FL 33853 |
Organizer:Jennifer D’hollander863-6761759 jdhollander@cityoflakewales.com |
Program Description:
Despite its reputation as the “Sunshine State” and a tourist destination, Florida harbors a lengthy and painful history of racial violence. Dr. Tameka Hobbs examines the history of lynching and racial violence in Florida, outlining the overall arc of the “lynching era” in the United States, normal dated between 1882 and 1930, as these instances of extralegal violence became more sporadic in the 1940s. She also highlights to role of Harry T. Moore’s advocacy against lynching and in favor of civil rights for African Americans in Florida.
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