For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’

Descendants of July Perry attend a 2019 ceremony unveiling a historical marker of his lynching. AP Photo/John Raoux. Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920,…

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