In a small Florida town, a lie was told. A rumor was repeated. Alynch mob was formed. And a massacre began... Like Judgment Day is the true story of the ruin and redemption of atown called Rosewood, where, on New Year's Day, 1923, a white mob descended,burning houses, killing uncounted numbers of black men and women and driving the restof the inhabitants away forever. For over seventy years the events in Rosewood remainedburied, the truth unacknowledged. This book--which contains the complete text ofLike Judgment Day as well as commentary and illustrations from the making ofthe Warner Bros. film by John Singleton--reveals the real story of the ruined lives, theshattered dreams, the haunting aftermath...and the ultimate hope and resilience ofRosewood's survivors.