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ALL ABOUT THE OCOEE MASSACRE: If you are unfamiliar with what ocoee is, it’s a little town in Orlando Florida, it’s between Apopka florida and Winter Garden FL. I am a former resident from Ocoee and wanted to shine a light on the subject because
I heard so little about it growing up and it was always summed up to a bunch of white people burning the town down but it’s so much more than that. First off, It is commonly misconstrued as "The Ocoee Riot" But THAT IS FALSE. A Riot must involve BOTH SIDES of the parties.
So it's Election day, Nov.2. 1920. Jim crow laws were set against black people voting and poll tax was heavily implemented. Now... I've encountered soo many people be like "They should've studied" but these tests were HARD. Picture: Khan Academy, no quizlet hard.
The democratic party was conservative and had power over the south (which is now what we see as the current republican party), the 1920's republican party believed that if they could get the Black vote, they could take over Florida. There was a man named Bigalow (I believe) who
was in charge of declaring whether or not poll tax was paid off. Yet he couldn't confirm payments because we went on a fishing trip that morning (intentionally), so hundreds of Black people couldn't get proof of them paying this tax to vote
Weeks prior election day the KKK marched throughout town warning "Not a single negro would be permitted to vote" not only to Black people, but White people who were helping Us vote. Now we have a man named Judge Cheyney. He was running for senate and started a campaign for Black
People trying to vote. We now have two men. Julius (July) Perry (Pictured below) and Mose Norman. Both were prosperous men and both had a lot of land. Norman's orange grove alone was offered 10k (128k today) & Perry was a contractor for Black Labor. Ocoee was 2/3 black, 1/3 white
Prosperous as in: only 1-2 white people had a car and they weren't even half as nice as norman's. Norman and perry helped pay poll tax for Black people in the community and had ties to apopka and winter garden. The KKK walked through Jacksonville, Daytona, and Orlando to show
Their "strength" to all black people, even threatening Judge Cheyney. The day of elections, black people came to vote and white people were pissed off. The white people went to the polls and threatened the black people there, but few stayed. Norman was one of them and was pissed
because he payed his tax. He went to judge cheyney's home and let him know what happened. Cheyney said the white men illegally were preventing his right to vote, he told norman to take the names of all those who were stripped of their right to vote. Norman got a letter that said
he paid his poll tax. White people didn't honor it because they simply didn't fuck with Cheyney. They went into normans car and found a shot gun (some accounts say the gun was already there) but an account from a Black pastor named Gaines said he saved norman from the conflict
and took him home. There was a rumor started by a Black and named Berlie Jones who was an ex slave who was still attendant to Bluford Sims (who not only is the founder of Ocoee but sold land of those affected by the massacre). The rumor was that they were going to meet at perry's
house and revolt. Sam Sailsbury was a former sheriff and organized a lynching mob. Clyde Pounds was the Orange County Deputy Sheriff who deputized the lynching mob (Sam and Clyde are in-laws also). If you don't know what deputizing is, it's when you have the same rights as
an officer, especially if you're doing a citizen's arrest. Sam Salisbury called the white people in surrounding towns and invited them to the city of Ocoee to be apart of the lynching mob that eventually would go to Perry's house. The mob split and 1/2 went to normans, 1/2 went
to perry's. Sailsbury went to perry's house saying he just wanted to talk, perry opened it slightly and said he'd get his coat. He tried to close the door and Salisbury forced the door open and a shoot out began. Perry's daughter, Kareetha (Might be misspelled) started shooting
and at the end, 2 white men died while perry and his daughter were wounded (perry, fatally wounded). The lynching mob retreated and perry and his family hid in the woods while Kareetha stayed at home. The mob found the family and were thrown in jail. NOW KEEP IN MIND...
Around 95% of all government officials were klansmen. Frank Gordin (jail intendent at the time) gave the lynching mob the keys to Perry's sell. This jail that was demolished is now a famous location called The Beacham. Yes, the one where you go club and attend concerts....
The jail was demolished so the venue could be born, and even now if you're arrested in Ocoee you'll be taken to Orlando jail bc there is no Ocoee Jail. The lynching mob captured July Perry and tied him to the back of a car and drug him all throughout Orlando on the pavement.
to Judge cheyney's house somewhere on OBT and 50 (about 2 miles). Once they got there, they proceeded to lynch perry. It's unsure whether it was a tree or light post but more evidence points towards a tree. Once he was hanged, the mob then proceeded to shoot around 50 bullets
they then pinned a note into his chest that stated "This is what happens to niggas who try to vote". After the lynching, the perry family was forced into Tampa FL where they remained in jail for 30 more days. Perry's descendants are still in Tampa to this day.
After that, the mob went on a rampage burning down 2/3 churches (one of which perry was the beacon of), burned down the mason lounges, everything. Those who were unable to flee were forced to hide in their houses. The mob burned these houses down and brutally killed anyone they
came into contact with. There were women and children left in the town and those who were unable to leave fled to the woods. Some instances, there is CONCRETE evidence of the killings such as Roosevelt Bartin, a man who was hiding in Perry's barn. The mob set fire to the barn
causing him to run out and the mob was waiting for him with guns, giving him the option of dying in the barn fire or being shot to death. Saying something around "Either die right here by gunshot or die in the barn nigga". Roosevelt chose to die by barn fire, being burned
to death. There was another instance of a pregnant mother who was too pregnant to run (8-9 months) and her mother refused to leave her side. Both of these women were found burned to death under the charred remains of their home. A woman named Haddy Smith was visiting her pregnant
friend and managed to escape, but her friend was not as lucky. James Langmeede would also soon be castrated and murdered in front of his entire family. Castration is the act of removing a man's testicles. Yet one of the most heinous incidents involved a family of 8 that
forced from their homes due to the fire, fleeing for their life and stopped in their tracks due to a fence of barbed wire. Once they were cornered, the mob proceeded to wrap the entire family around in barbed wire and set them on fire; children included (all of which, has proof)
The southern quarters of the town didn't get burned as bad,every single person was forced out of their homes and "disappeared" except berlie jones and his wife. Ocoee was considered a "sun down town" until the fucking 1980's.
The estimate of fatalities that week come from water white, a white-passing officer from the NAACP. He went to Ocoee spoke to the white people about what happened. He documented that Many of them were bragging about how many people they killed each and the souvenirs they got such
as fingers, ears, and even legs. He documented that ONE man alone quoted he had "killed 17 niggas". People who have full knowledge of this massacre assume there are over hundreds of people dead, but those documents have been destroyed or lost. There is no true number regarding
the fatalities but a town of 500+ Black people diminished to a number of 2 and hundreds of them have never been located. A lot of people who have knowledge about the massacre believe that their bodies are dumped in a nearby lake (I don't believe it's lake apopka, but the other 1)
One prime example would be the pastor who helped more flee the polls. Just like many children, they never turned up. Mose managed to escape and flee to NY working as a mailman losing all of his wealth and EVERYTHING he owned until his death in the 1940s.(Mr/mrs. norman and perry)
The white mob began to take over and sell the land. Bluford sims was put in charge of selling the land. Pics below.
Bluford then took perry's land and forged is signature, going pennies to the dollar. Those who were affected by the massacre had land stolen or were forced to sign over their land for literal Chump change.They would put ads saying "abandoned land" although it was only weeks after
the massacre had taken place. There is solid documentation of an ad ran by the Orlando sentinel 12/12/1920 saying “Special Bargains, Several beautiful little groves belonging to the negroes that just left ocoee. Must be sold-see B.M SIMS, Ocoee FLA”. B.M sims stands for Bluford
The bank of ocoee is also at fault for whitewashing the massacre.The president of the bank Frank Mcguire had documents of July Perry in 1926 although he was murdered in 1920. There are legends of the Mcguire family hiding black people in their barn because they were "sympathetic"
However, they were also the ones processing well know fraudulent documents within this bank. There is a museum dedicated to him that still stands this day. Copy of the forged selling below.
Believe it or not, every year there is a huge ass anniversary of the Ocoee massacre called founders day, so many Ocoee residents are blindly celebrating something they have no clue about. The white people celebrated and had a festival for the massacre and those who were involved.
There was even an award banquet, and postcards were sent out to glorify what happened (below). This anniversary is called Founder's Day. This was started by Sam Sailsbury's daughter Betty Hayger, in honor of her "brave father". To this very day, it's still celebrated as
"The founding of the city of ocoee" yet ocoee was founded in May...... I even got involved with the festival before truly knowing the massacre because my band marched during the founders day parade. We were always just told it was white people burning down the city, yet nothing
more and I've been an ocoee resident since 5th grade. People fail to realize that WHITE Ocoee was founded in November, and during the founders day festival, Many people sell confederate shit there as well. But it gets worse :)
^ That was sam sailsbury btw. But the current mayor of Ocoee Rusty Johnson nearly ignores every sense of the massacre, I even believe he declared that only 3 people died. Yet that family of 8 alone was more than 3 people, and why would Walter White lie? He basically ignores it...
because i think he doesn't want the public to know HE IS FUCKING RELATED TO THE PERSON WHO DEPUTIZED THE LYNCHING MOB (I believe). Now, let me proceed with my evidence <3. SO! Clyde pounds deputized the lynching mob that was lead by Sam Salisbury. THey were related by marriage.
Clyde pounds is related to edwin pounds (i think it's his father) and they are interred together at Woodlawn cemetery (below). Edwin Pounds was a born and raised Ocoee resident & has a wife need Germaine and a daughter named Marilyn Johnson. Marilyn is Mayor Rusty Johnson's wife.
So according to the evidence, the CURRENT mayor of Ocoee is related to the man who deputized the lynching mob during the Ocoee Massacre. I have worked with a lovely woman named Pam Grady who has been asking rusty to CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FESTIVAL to a different time. She even
Started a petition that aided the creation of the proclamation (signed by Michael baiseton) that honors July Perry and saying that the first week of November should be set apart from the celebration of the massacre. It clearly acknowledged the massacre, yet isn't respected.
This will be the 100th anniversary of the massacre, yet it will also have a "founders day" celebration. After a commission hearing about the date of the festival, rusty went public saying how people wanted to cancel founders day and created shirts saying "Save Founders Day".
For the 100th anniversary, they want us to basically have a funeral again... Black people NEVER have funerals, we have celebration of lives. Ms.Pam founded two nonprofits entitled the July Perry Foundation and the Ocoee Massacre Reconciliation project. Focused towards Perry and
Changing the date of the "founders day" festival. The Ocoee Massacre reconciliation foundation is geared towards the growth of Ocoee through economic awareness and Black business; eventually allowing us to buy back the land that was stolen. You can support this thread by sharing
the information I provided & supporting Ms.Pam's journey towards changing the date. I completely speak for myself when I say, I don't believe the festival should even still be a thing, but we are trying to find a middle ground (even though we shouldn't). If you have any questions
I'm more than happy to ask or assist. I noticed that a LOT of sources are incorrect or only tell 1/2 the story. THe link to the July perry foundation is: https://www.julyperryfoundation.org/?fbclid=IwAR1mrN6-dvqoW-cN5DZ11sl1zIpUBSmCEUkGEWK5-cdnQx5EmuPHOM2nC1Q and the link for the petition is: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/843/063/317/ocoee-founders-day-change-the-date-and-give-back/?fbclid=IwAR2wxIC95ZPsfp7BHionUsmyLpRbMBwV0VbPBcZUsxN5CjCQPMSaNSamFMA
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