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Lizzie's Rosewood Race Book Discussion and Signing at the Matheson History Museum

  • When: Saturday, June 24, 2023,  4:00 pm
  • Location: Matheson History Museum 513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free admission

Join historian and Real Rosewood Foundation founder and president Lizzie Jenkins as she shares about her children's book "Lizzie's Rosewood Race." The coming-of-age story follows Lizzie as she learns the history of the 1923 Rosewood Massacre from her mother and finds her calling to share the story of Rosewood. Lizzie's aunt, Mahulda Gussie Brown Carrier, was a schoolteacher in Rosewood and survived the massacre.

Also available on Zoom.


This event is sponsored in part by Visit Gainesville/Alachua County, FL and by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of the Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida.

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