Legal Connections Explores the Legal Ramifications of the Ocoee Massacre

For Immediate Release: December 14, 2020

FAMU LAW’S LEGAL CONNECTIONS EXPLORES THE OCOEE MASSACRE OF 1920

 

ORLANDO, Fla – FAMU Law’s Legal Connections television program puts the spotlight on the Ocoee Massacre of 1920 and the legal ramifications associated with that horrific event.

On November 2, 1920, there was widespread violence, killings, arson and a public lynching in Ocoee, a small-town near Orlando. All because some Black citizens wanted to exercise their legal right to vote.

WFTV anchor Daralene Jones interviews FAMU Law’s Dean Deidré A. Keller and Professor of Law LeRoy Pernell. The program explores human rights violations, broken laws, voter suppression with violence, lack of formal investigations, social justice and more.

Legal Connections: The Legal Ramifications of the Ocoee Massacre is currently airing on Orange TV and FAMU TV 20. It is also posted at www.law.famu.edu under Newsroom/Legal Connections.

LeRoy Pernell

Professor of Law, FAMU Law

 

Daralene Jones

Host

 

Media Contact: stephanie.strong@famu.edu