Southern towns face their pasts as they host Black Lives Matter protests. From staff reports. ... A total of 105 Southern counties have a Black population of 50% or higher.

People who identify as Black make up about 55% of the population, according to 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. A total of 105 Southern counties have a Black population of 50% or higher.

The superintendent said that student prom committees, whether black, white, or integrated, have preferred to hold their events in Columbus, Macon, or elsewhere because Butler, with a population of ...

Some of these communities — Benton, Herrin, Carterville, Anna — were “sundown towns” where, by official policy, black people were not allowed after dark into at least the 1960s in some ...

Atlanta and Washington are followed in our ranking by Austin, Texas, Baltimore and Raleigh, N.C., with the rest of the top 20 rounded out exclusively by Southern cities, except for Boston in 19th ...

Increasingly, African-Americans are migrating to Southern cities to search for better opportunities, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data. Atlanta, Ga., Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, N.C ...

Given that, some people in Southern Illinois towns unaccustomed to demonstrations acknowledged they were nervous about what might happen. In Anna, about 15 or so people stood across the street ...

Over just three novels, including “Blacktop Wasteland” and “Razorblade Tears,” S.A. Cosby has thrown back the curtain on Black Southern lives that burn with authenticity amid diverse casts ...

Some of these communities - Benton, Herrin, Carterville, Anna - were “sundown towns” where, by official policy, black people were not allowed after dark into at least the 1960s in some cases ...