An image captured in the tumultuous summer of 2020, recognizing another Black man tortured and lynched 100 years earlier – election day 1920, in Ocoee, Florida. July Perry remembered at Black ...

The unveiling of the road sign starts at 2 p.m. at the Hortense Event Center in Ocoee. Residents and descendants of July Perry will honor him with a stretch of road in his name on Saturday.

For decades, Ocoee tried to forget what happened on Election Day 1920, when an armed white mob attacked a Black neighborhood, killing residents and burning homes and churches. Now, as the ...

His name was Julius “July” Perry, a prominent businessman who settled in what would become Ocoee. He is also the face of the deadliest day in modern American political history.

The grave of Julius “July” Perry lies in the Greenwood cemetery in Orlando, Florida. Perry was murdered 100 years ago in the nearby town of Ocoee during one of the country’s most violent ...

DESCENDANTS OF JULY PERRY, THE BLACK OCOEE BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS LYNCHED IN 1920, CLAPPED THROUGH TEARS. BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE? >> ONE OF THE GIRLS SAID, IT’S PROBABLY THE CURSE FROM THE OCOEE ...

businessman who fought for black voter rights The city of Orlando honored July Perry, a prominent black businessman, landowner, and farmer in Ocoee, who was ambushed and lynched near downtown ...

OCOEE, Fla. – The road between Winters Landing Drive and Clarke Road along State Road 438 will now be known as Julius “July” Perry Memorial Highway. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB-78 approving ...

A historical marker acknowledging the 1920 murder of July Perry and the burning of Ocoee by an armed white mob will be placed this June near the Orange County Regional History Center in downtown ...

It’s without question that the state failed to provide for the safety of black families in Ocoee. An undated photo of July Perry, an Ocoee resident lynched in November 1920. Perry, who was ...

"It had to be terrifying," state Sen. Randolph Bracy (D-Ocoee) says. He's reflecting on the year 1920 and on who Perry was. "July Perry was wealthy — considerably wealthy for the 1920s — and ...

Julius Edward Perry is the great-nephew of Julius “July” Perry who was lynched in Ocoee in 1920 after his friend, Mose Norman, tried to vote. “Hatred is what caused him to get hung,” said ...