Rosewood is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, located just off State Road 24, approximately 1 mile northeast of Sumner and 9 miles northeast of Cedar Key. The town is known for the 1923 Rosewood massacre, when a lynch mob of White residents from nearby towns destroyed its prosperous African-American community …
Rosewood is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, located just off State Road 24, approximately 1 mile northeast of Sumner and 9 miles northeast of Cedar Key. The town is known for the 1923 Rosewood massacre, when a lynch mob of White residents from nearby towns destroyed its prosperous African-American community in response to the rape of a White woman.