Banished- American Ethnic Cleansings~ (PBS Independent Lens) 2008 02 19

Banished- American Ethnic Cleansings~ (PBS Independent Lens) 2008 02 19 avi


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From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white.
As black descendants return to demand justice, BANISHED exposes the hidden history of racial cleansing in America

PBS proudly presents the much awaited documentary, “Banished: America’s Ethnic Cleansings”, a film by Marco Williams, which chronicles the hidden history of America’s racist pogroms against black people in the early years of the last century.

The film concentrates on three towns that expelled their black citizens, murdering many black people, destroying their personal possessions—and stealing those expelled black citizen’s property. Those three towns are Harrison, Arkansas; Forsyth County, Georgia; and Pierce City, Missouri.

Two black families are profiled, two families who lost relatives, property, and community connections from those violent expulsions of ethnic cleansing. The film contemplates questions of privilege, responsibility, denial, healing, reparations and identity.

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