Orange (FL) county

Orange County är ett administrativt område i delstaten Florida, USA. År 2010 hade countyt 1 145 956 invånare. Den administrativa huvudorten (county seat) är Orlando.

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Among the terrorist lynchings was the death of Julius ”July” Perry of Ocoee, whose body was found November 3, 1920, hanged from a lightpole in Orlando, near the house of a judge known to be sympathetic to black voting. But this was part of a much larger story of KKK and other white attempts to suppress black voting in Ocoee and the state. African Americans had organized for a year to increase voter turnout for the 1920 presidential election, with organizations helping prepare residents for voter registration, paying for poll taxes, and similar actions. On Election Day in Ocoee, blacks were turned away from the polls. Perry, a prosperous farmer, was suspected of sheltering Mose Norman, an African-American man who had tried to vote. After Norman was twice turned away, white violence broke out, resulting in a riot through the black community, leaving an estimated 50 to 60 blacks dead and all the properties destroyed. Many blacks fled from Ocoee to save their lives, and the town became all-white. Voting efforts were suppressed for decades.

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  • City
    • Apopka
    • Bay Lake
    • Belle Isle
    • Edgewood
    • Lake Buena Vista
    • Maitland
    • Ocoee
    • Orlando
    • Winter Garden
    • Winter Park
  • Town
    • Eatonville
    • Oakland
    • Windermere
  • CDP
    • Alafaya
    • Azalea Park
    • Bay Hill
    • Bithlo
    • Christmas
    • Clarcona
    • Conway
    • Dr. Phillips
    • Fairview Shores
    • Four Corners
    • Goldenrod
    • Gotha
    • Holden Heights
    • Horizon West
    • Hunter's Creek
    • Lake Butler
    • Lake Hart
    • Lake Mary Jane
    • Lockhart
    • Meadow Woods
    • Oak Ridge
    • Orlo Vista
    • Paradise Heights
    • Pine Castle
    • Pine Hills
    • Rio Pinar
    • Sky Lake
    • South Apopka
    • Southchase
    • Taft
    • Tangelo Park
    • Tangerine
    • Tildenville
    • Union Park
    • University
    • Wedgefield
    • Williamsburg
    • Zellwood
  • Unincorporated
    • Andover Lakes
    • Chinatown
    • Fairvilla
    • Killarney
    • Plymouth
    • Reedy Creek Improvement District
    • Vineland