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Black historian: My group threatened, called N-word in Florida town infamous for racist attack
One of the state’s most prominent Black historians said he was targeted in a racially motivated altercation in Rosewood, a small North Florida city that was almost wiped off the map during infamous race riots a century ago.
Dr. Marvin Dunn — a professor emeritus in psychology at Florida International University who has written several books about Florida’s troubled history on racial issues — said he and a small group were surveying a five-acre property he co-owns in Rosewood earlier this week when a white neighbor began questioning their intention....
“My neighbor comes out in a pickup and says ‘What’s going on here?’” Dunn said. “Then he makes a U-turn out of his driveway, comes back at us and almost kills my son. I was afraid to be on the property. So I came back to Miami.”
The man who contacted the sheriff’s office was Bobby Prevatt, owner of a land-clearing company called Prevatt Earthworks. He said the group was on the roadway discussing fencing on Dunn’s property when the man who threatened the group pulled up in his truck and asked “What are you f*****g N*****s doing out on this roadway?”
Dr. Marvin Dunn — a professor emeritus in psychology at Florida International University who has written several books about Florida’s troubled history on racial issues — said he and a small group were surveying a five-acre property he co-owns in Rosewood earlier this week when a white neighbor began questioning their intention....
“My neighbor comes out in a pickup and says ‘What’s going on here?’” Dunn said. “Then he makes a U-turn out of his driveway, comes back at us and almost kills my son. I was afraid to be on the property. So I came back to Miami.”
The man who contacted the sheriff’s office was Bobby Prevatt, owner of a land-clearing company called Prevatt Earthworks. He said the group was on the roadway discussing fencing on Dunn’s property when the man who threatened the group pulled up in his truck and asked “What are you f*****g N*****s doing out on this roadway?”
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article265480891.html#storylink=cpy
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