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Brian Munoz and Mica Rosenberg Jun 06 2020 June 6 2020 3 minute read Join the conversation ANNA Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna. Annas historical resistance to black people is and has long been well known in the region.

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. These were towns across the United States where black Americans knew they werent welcome after dark. June 5 2020 647 AM Anna Illinois known for its racist undercurrent and historically known as a sundown town might have seen its first anti-racist march in response to the death of George Floyd. ANNA IllNEW YORK Reuters - Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna Illinois past Bobs Tavern Oasis of Grace Church Douglas Skating Rink and.

Anna Illinois Anna is the largest community and retail trade center in Union County Illinois United States. Droves of people have been coming out to protest Floyds death in small towns across the country some where President Trump overwhelmingly defeated Hillary Clinton in. June 5 2020 836 AM 4 min read By Brian Munoz and Mica Rosenberg ANNA IllNEW YORK Reuters - Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna Illinois.

Below a QA with ProPublica Illinois reporter Logan Jaffe. The term sundown town is familiar to many African Americans. Excuse my bluntness but they dont call Anna Aint No N------ Allowed for nothing.

The video of former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyds neck for nearly nine minutes has caused widespread outrage and a reckoning about. In November Id published a story about this small southern Illinois citys reputation as a sundown towna place where. A Black Lives Matter protest.

Hey this is Anna were talking about here. Cities but in smaller cities as well as small towns. Protests against racial injustice and police brutality spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on May 25 arent just happening in major US.

Demonstrators protest in Anna Illinois on June 4 over the death of George Floyd. NEW YORK Reuters - Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna Illinois past Bobs Tavern Oasis of Grace Church Douglas Skating Rink and Caseys General Store holding homemade signs and chanting black lives matter Nearly a century ago this southern Illinois town of 4200 residents expelled. Located in Southern Illinois its population was 4442 at the 2010 United States Census a decline from 5135 in 2000.

Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in Anna Illinois past Bobs Tavern Oasis of Grace Church Douglas Skating Rink. A new ProPublica Illinois story examines the racist legacy of one such town in Illinois called Anna. It is known for being tied to its close neighbor Jonesboro together known as Anna-Jonesboro.

Brian MunozReuters Racial Justice Illinois Newsletter Dive Deeper Into Our Reporting ProPublica is a nonprofit. Some of these communities Benton Herrin Carterville Anna were sundown towns where by official policy black people were not allowed after dark into at. In Anna about 15 or so people stood across the street from.

Organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest in Anna Illinois figured 10 people might show up for their event on June 4. Even though it may never have been codified I found references to the fact that black people werent. The organizers endured threats of violence for days leading up to the rally.

Given that some people in Southern Illinois towns unaccustomed to demonstrations acknowledged they were nervous about what might happen.

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