Ruthe Carter

"Career-spanning book by the Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter."-- Provided by publisher.

In 1982 a reporter visiting Levy County in Florida noticed a lack of black residents. So he asked questions. And a long-ago tragedy came to light. John Singleton directs John Voight and Ving Rhames in this powerful true story. It is January 1, 1923 in Rosewood, but in this largely black town built on family, faith and hard work, hopes for the new year abruptly end. In a few harrowing nights, a white mob razes Rosewood into oblivion. As the rampage...