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Alex Wagner Tonight

especially living in florida. >> in november, 1920, the small town of ocoee was the site of the worst election day violence in election history. and weeks before the election, kkk members send threatening members -- who registered residents to vote. the klan promised we should always -- and he who interferes must face the consequences. >> this is sleepy hollow ground cemetery, which contains the bodies of at least 300 people, black people who died during the massacre. most of them burned to death beyond recognition. so they were put in mass graves in this spot. and until recently they were forgotten about. >> the massacre was scorched

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Alex Wagner Tonight

and the events of november 1920 were largely forgotten. until now. >> since i have been governor we have added to which type of african american issues -- we have mandatory instruction on the election day riots in 1920. >> the new curriculum in florida schools championed by governor ron desantis mandates that students learn about what happened in ocoee. but only if that instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by african americans. it is an apparent reference to the two wightman killed at perry's home, and it obscures the fact that the massacre targeted black citizens. >> there had been comments about the death of the standards. anyone who could read these standards, you could see the topics that are covered our in-depth and there is nothing that is left out. >> the slate of florida and

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Morning Joe Weekend

killed attempting to cast a ballot, what are you attempting to lay a groundwork for in the contemporary context? >> well, i mean, and i think to that and, what do you see as a potential through line between the massacre in ocoee which was specifically to disenfranchise black voters, to terrorize them into not exercising their fundamental democratic right, and the election of 2020 were black voters, in particular, of color, in major urban centers across the country, the leading head of that party were trying to disenfranchise those voters in atlanta, philadelphia, detroit and elsewhere. i mean, what is the lesson you draw? what is the parallels you see between the events of 1920 nda vents of 2020? >> it's notable, by the way philadelphia was in there, pennsylvania milwaukee was in there too, and wisconsin. we see these federal and edmonds being handed down for

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Morning Joe Weekend

>> he was arrested and brought into orlando where the orange county jail is. the mob followed him and took him out of the jail and hung him, and left his body hanging for days, as intimidation so other african americans who would contemplate voting in orange county would see what would happen. >> a lot of what the plan was trying to do, the kkk we're trying to do was to suppress the vote by using violence. normally it worked. it worked pretty well here. >> the black death toll from that day is now incalculable. the remaining black population in oak oh we plummeted after the massacre. the events of november 1920 were largely forgotten. until now. >> since i've been governor, we've added to what type of

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Morning Joe Weekend

myself by might name anymore. i get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the grocery store who says my name. i'm worried about who is listening. i get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. i am always concerned of who is around me. i've lost my name and i have lost my reputation. i've lost my sense of security. >> a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i will be in jail with my mother and saying things like i'm glad it is 2020 and not 1920. >> what a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature?

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Morning Joe Weekend

ocoee. >> i learned about the ocoee massacre we were outside talking and she said did you know that there's a scholarship for ocoee? and i said what scholarship? and she said the ocoee massacre. and she said yes, they killed all the black people. and i said they what? i did my research and i was like wow, this is serious. it's crazy how racism goes so far. >> it's everywhere. it's in our face and we still don't know about it. >> i wasn't taught it in school. i think it may have been mentioned in ap u.s. history in my junior year but even if it is at a slower pace it needs to be taught throughout the school years, because it's important, our history, especially living in florida. >> in november 1920 the small town of ocoee was the site of the worst election day violence

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Morning Joe Weekend

african american issues like we did -- we have mandatory -- the election day riots in 1920. >> the new curriculum in florida schools championed by governor ron desantis, mandates that students learn about what happened in ocoee. but only of that instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by african americans. it's an apparent reference to the two white men killed at perry's home, and it obscures the fact that the massacre targeted black citizens. >> there have been comments about the death was, anybody who can read the standards you can see the topics that are covered our in-depth and there is nothing that is left out. >> the state of florida, desantis, they are blaming today anti-white violence on blacks of ocoee. i did not have been. the two white men who died here died at the hands of other

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World Business Report

been going on. there will always be change. the high street looks different now to the high street that was around 50 years ago. it will look very different in 50 years. but there will still be a high street. there are a couple of famous pictures of fifth ave new york, one taken in 1910 and you can see one car driving down fifth ave. one taken ten years later and you can see just one taken ten years later and you can seejust one one taken ten years later and you can see just one horse. the difference being there were horses everywhere in 1910 and hardly any in 1920. there is a different sort of chap in the high street that there was even just ten ago and it will be a different sort of retail environment in ten years, but i'm convinced there will still be a high street. yes, every business that is paid to write now says times are difficult, but there have been difficult, but there have been difficult times before and we are at rock bottom of an economic cycle right now.

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Alex Wagner Tonight

things like, be glad it's 2020 and not 1920. >> trump's allies also allegedly tried to coerce freeman and moss into confessing to crimes in ever committed. just weeks after the 2020 election, a mysterious white man showed up and began banging on miss freeman's door. mistreatment didn't recognize the man and so she turned him away and call the police. she they then spoke to the man outside her home. >> what's going on? >> my name is steve late. >> yes. >> i'm a pastor. i'm also working with some folks who are trying to help ruby out. we want to let her know that we want to provide pro bono service. >> that strange man who was offering pro bono services was a man named stephen cliff guard lee. he is one of the 19 people indicted last night by the a fani willis and this is what the indictment says about mr. lee. honor between the 15th of

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election fraud and subjected them to a public campaign of unyielding harassment. the racist undercurrent was not subtle. this is shaye moss testifying to the january six committee in june of last year. >> were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful, wishing death upon me. telling me that i'll be in jail with my mother and saying things like, be glad it's 2020 and not 1920. >> trump's allies also allegedly tried to coerce freeman and moss into confessing to crimes they never committed. just weeks after the 2020 election, a mysterious white man showed up and began banging on miss freeman's door. ms. freeman didn't recognize the man and so she turned him away and called the police. she they then spoke to the man outside her home. >> what's going on? >> my name is steve lee. >> yes. >> i'm a pastor. i'm also working with some folks who are trying to help

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