Between 1917 and 1923 there was a massive reign of terror against African Americans, in which white mobs displayed copious amounts of violence and torture towards blacks ( Rosewood Report, 1993, page 3). From Chicago to Tulsa, to Omaha, East St. Louis and many communities in between, and finally to Rosewood, white mobs would come and burn down black communities (Rosewood Report, 1993 pg3). During the second decade of the 20th century, African Americans began leaving the South in record numbers to escape the oppressions of segregation. For many years, white Floridans had seriously discussed sending local blacks to a foreign country or to a western region of the United States. Many whites had such a low opinion of blacks that they were ready to treat them in the most inhumane manner whenever they felt threatened by the minority (Rosewood Report, 1993, pg5). Napoleon Broward, who was the governor, proposed that Congress purchase territory, both pardoned and home, and transport blacks to regions where they could live separate lives and govern themselves (Rosewood Report, 1993, pg4). Racial hostilities in the North were intensified by the immigration of black Southerners and the expansion of black neighborhoods into white residential areas (Rosewood Report, 1993, pg7). In 1919, the race riots that were sweeping the country Claude McKay paid homage to him by writing a poem entitled “If We Must Die”. Encouraged by his poetry, the NAACP, and other black leaders, blacks now appeared in public with rifles at their hips (Rosewood Report, 1993, pg8). In Southern communities, black residents increasingly carried guns to protect themselves from the numerous lynchings that were occurring. The whites lived in fear, convinced that ... middle of paper ... if it had not been for him, Aunt Sarah's family would not have survived; in reality it was Scrappie who brought his family to safety. Even though the movie doesn't match the account one hundred percent, I still learned a lot about the Rosewood Massacre. I learned that the black people of Rosewood were very hard-working and determined people and did not give up, no matter how weak they felt. I also learned that even though most of the whites in Rosewood were against the blacks, there were still some of them who tried to help them in any way they could. The film Rosewood and the Rosewood Report have many things in common and the works cited Jones, M., Rivers, L., Colburn, D., Dye, T., & Rogers, W. (1993, 12, 22). Documented story of the incident in Rosewood, Florida, January 1923. Retrieved from http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewoodrp.html