Perry’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Perry. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1922, Perry was a very small town of fewer than 2,000 people. During this time, a murder happened and three people were lynched for the crimes. Private retribution against the suspected families and those that gave them support ensued. The Perry Massacre occurred in Perry on the 14th and 15 December 1922, during which whites hanged Charles Wright and attacked the blacks of Perry after the murder of a white schoolteacher. On the day following Wright's lynching two more black men were shot and hanged; whites then burned the town's black school, Masonic lodge, church, amusement hall, and several families' homes.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Perry’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTaylor County Florida Perry massa…, 1922: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Perry
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Perry, decade by decade
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1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Taylor County Florida Perry massacre 1922 (1922) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.