helps unveil the Rosewood historical marker
at a dedication Tuesday, May 4,2004...for more click here
Robie A. Mortin, a survivor of the Rosewood massacre, helps unveil the Rosewood historical marker at a dedication Tuesday, May 4,2004...for more click here Rosewood is a 1997 film, starring Ving Rhames as a fictional character who travels to the town of Rosewood, Florida, United States, and becomes a witness to the 1923 Rosewood massacre. Also starring was Don Cheadle as Sylvester, a non-fictional character who also became witness to the atrocities, and Jon Voight, as a white store owner who inhabits a village near Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in a desperate attempt to save whomever they can from the rage of the racist whites of Rosewood. The director was John Singleton. David Tereshchuk has written for many US publications including The New York Times, and AM New York, where "The Media Beat" began as a weekly column. He has also contributed to The Guardian, The Observer, and the New Statesman in London. On television he has reported and made documentaries for American and British networks from many countries around the world, and he has acted as a media adviser to corporations, non-profit organizations and the United Nations. He wrote and produced for ABC News and The Discovery Channel the TV documentary "Rosewood Massacre: The Untold Story", about a lynch-mob’s destruction of a Florida community.
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