Sentences with phrase «then white residents»
It unfolded in different ways and under different pretenses depending on the town, but in general the Great Retreat looked like this: Some incident sparked racial tensions, and then white residents rioted, burned blacks people's houses to the ground, and chased established populations of their neighbors away with deadly violence.
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«Many things have happened in this country since then, the rise of white supremacy as represented by Charlottesville, the massacre in Las Vegas and here at home, just last week, the appearance of white supremacist literature on the Westchester Community College campus,» Larchmont resident Jenny Geer said.