Banishment of Blacks,
Ethnic Cleaning U.S. Style

From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white. In at least 12 counties in eight states, blacks were banished by white mobs, often after lynchings for alleged or actual rapes of white women. More than 4,000 black residents were expelled from their homes. Here is an example from Boone County, Arkansas. The shadings on the map shows the percentage of Whites -- the darker, the higher the values (95-99.7%); the lighter, the lower the values (12.5-12.4%).
 
Explore the places where Blacks were banished. Maps of these places are also available.
Source: Banishment shown on Independent Lens.