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Perry race riot
The Perry race riot was a racially motivated conflict in Perry, Florida on December 14 and 15, 1922. Whites burned African-American Charles Wright at the stake in a lynching and attacked the black community of Perry after the murder of Ruby Hendry, a white schoolteacher.
Wright, a 21-year-old escaped convict, and Albert (or Arthur) Young, his alleged accomplice, were arrested and jailed for Hendry's murder. A mob several thousand strong, made up of local and out-
increased racial tensions and the rise of the Second Ku Klux Klan. Buford turned a blind eye to the lynchings and burnings that occurred during the Perry race riot and the Rosewood massacre. Additionally, he chose not to investigate the Ocoee massacre, which occurred at the end of Swearingen's term.
Buford also did little to stop the abuse of migrant workers, who worked for only a few dollars a week in the tropical sun. These workers were housed in derelict company towns, which often lacked schools and hospitals. These