US election 2020: America saw deadliest poll day 100 years ago as mob unleased violence

It's been 100 years since deliest election day violence in United States history took place when a mob consisting of White Americans attacked Black people in Florida's Ocoee neighbourhood while y were registering to vote. incident that took place on vember 2, 1920, is often overlooked in United States, however, white supremacy mess that mob h tried to send a century ago, still resonates with many. 

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It h been just 60 years since slavery was abolished and Black people got right to vote, however, White majority sourn Florida neighbourhood, which h fought in American Civil War with Confederates, was still recovering from defeat it h tasted in 1860s. White people in area h always tried to obstruct Black people from voting and exercising ir right, as y saw it as decline of white supremacy. 

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What transpired?

On election day in 1920, things took a violent turn when officials and Klu Klux Klan (KKK) members mercilessly attacked Black people in community. White mob killed dozens of Black Americans and drove Black families out of neighbourhood in Ocoee. violent mob burnt house of Black people to force m out. Since officials tried to erase that part of history, re are very few pieces of evidence that explain what actually transpired on vember 2, 1920. 

However, according to reports, it all started after a Black man tried to cast his vote by visiting one of polling stations in community. As per Florida Historical Quarterly, a Black landowner named Moses rman attempted to cast his vote but was turned away by officials for unkwn reasons. rman n reportedly contacted some prominent lawyers and Republican Senate candidate who all vised him to go again and try. 

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When rman reached polling station, it is reported that he h a gun with him. However, some accounts also say that gun was in his car, which a group of White men found. So, when rman was turned away again, he took refuge at his friend July Perry's place, where Black people gared. Later a White mob reached looking for rman and violence broke out which saw Perry's lynching. It is unclear, which side started violence, but events that followed definitely prove injustice against Black community. 

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