Uploaded November 2008 | Updated September 2026, 8 minutes ago
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
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Between 1860 and 1920, in hundreds of counties across the U.S., white mobs violently ejected black citizens from their homes and they never returned Years later many of these towns remain all white and the black citizens were never compensated for their losses. Now descendants of both races deal with the legacy of these events in Banished.
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
newsreel.org/video/BANISHED
Between 1860 and 1920, in hundreds of counties across the U.S., white mobs violently ejected black citizens from their homes and they never returned Years later many of these towns remain all white and the black citizens were never compensated for their losses. Now descendants of both races deal with the legacy of these events in Banished.
