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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. Its now home to a little more than 4000 people.

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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.

. Demonstrators protest in Anna Illinois on June 4 over the death of George Floyd. The organizers endured threats of violence for days leading up to the rally. Excuse my bluntness but they dont call Anna Aint No N------ Allowed for nothing.

Annas historical resistance to black people is and has long been well known in the region. Anna City Council member Bryan Miller said he got received calls from residents concerned about the Black Lives Matter protest. Some of these communities Benton Herrin Carterville Anna were sundown towns where by official policy black people were not allowed after dark into at.

Anna Illinois Anna is the largest community and retail trade center in Union County Illinois United States. Hey this is Anna were talking about here. Jun 5 2020 1036 AM By Brian Munoz and Mica Rosenberg ANNA IllinoisNEW 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.

Located in Southern Illinois its population was 4442 at the 2010 United States Census a decline from 5135 in 2000. Protests in the rural town of Anna Illinois ANNA IllNEW YORK Reuters Before sundown on Thursday around 150 protesters marched down the main street in. The video of former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyds neck for nearly nine minutes has caused widespread outrage and a reckoning about.

Even though it may never have been codified I found references to the fact that black people werent. 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.

Brian MunozReuters Racial Justice Illinois Newsletter Dive Deeper Into Our Reporting ProPublica is a nonprofit. Given that some people in Southern Illinois towns unaccustomed to demonstrations acknowledged they were nervous about what might happen. The term sundown town is familiar to many African Americans.

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. Organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest in Anna Illinois figured 10 people might show up for their event on June 4. 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.

Cities but in smaller cities as well as small towns. Below a QA with ProPublica Illinois reporter Logan Jaffe. 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.

In Anna about 15 or so people stood across the street from. A new ProPublica Illinois story examines the racist legacy of one such town in Illinois called Anna. The city of Anna in southern Illinois has lost some of its industry but small businesses line many of its streets.

It is known for being tied to its close neighbor Jonesboro together known as Anna-Jonesboro. He and I have been talking since November when he. These were towns across the United States where black Americans knew they werent welcome after dark.

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