There were 2 incidents that sparked an all to regular event that resulted in mob violence of an entire Black community. Flooding in the U.S. disproportionately harms African American neighborhoods, an E&E News analysis of federal flood insurance payments shows. To rectify the decades of damage, Ruffin says states should cut some dang checks. According to Alabama Living, more than 900 bodies were moved from cemeteries before the land was submerged. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. A strange juxtaposition of political parties is that Southern Democrats were very anti-Black, while Republicans were pro equal rights. Forsyth County, Georgia, known for being a hotbed of racism, was in the headlines for some residents hostile response to Civil Rights protests. Because of the unfair situation, there were considerations of reparations in the form of 40 acres of land to enslaved families. Streaming on Peacock https://pck.tv/3pOiao8Reserve your spot in the live studio audience for The Amber Ruffin Show at https://1iota.com/show/1210/the-amber-ruffin-showOver the past couple years, more Americans have become familiar with the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre, where a white mob burned a vibrant Black community to the ground. Danville was permanently flooded by Kentucky Lake, but, for reasons that remain a mystery to this day, the grain elevator was left standing. A 2018 report on urban flooding by the University of Maryland and Texas A&Ms Galveston campus found that many city sewer systems are in poor condition and unable to handle excess water from rainfall or river overflows. But one lesser-known fact is the lake sits on top of the Black-town, Oscarville. Video | Posted on July 13, 2021 by lordrakim. In spite of a lack of financial resources, it once provided its residents with a school district, city hall, post office, business district, and recreational facilities. From graves buried by the water to alleged supernatural sightings near Browns Bridge, rumors surrounding Lanier continueto be shared not just across Georgia but across the country, garnering attention toward what some call Georgias most haunted lake. These expulsions, always swift and often violent, were extraordinarily widespread in the period between Reconstruction and the Depression era. Oprah Visits a County Where No Black Person Had Lived for 75 Years |, The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN In 1987, The Oprah Show had only been on the air for five months and trouble was brewing in the deep south. The violence continued until nearly all of the countys Black population was forced to flee. Viewers were shocked to hear that even New York's Central Park is built over those two Black communities. Learn how your comment data is processed. Alas, even engineers make mistakes. Four of those ZIP codes had populations that were at least 79% black, E&E News found. But as America returned to peacetime and the shipyards shuttered, tens of thousands remained in the slipshod houses and apartments in Vanport, and by design, through discriminatory housing policy, many who stayed were African-American, writes Smithsonian Magazine. Continuing downriver was Johnsonville, a community made famous by a Civil War battle involving Nathan Bedford Forrest. All of this brings us to the strangest case of all. It was a controversial project, first opposed by then U.S. Sen. Kenneth McKellar because of the amount of farmland it destroyed. This included several communities, most of which consisted of farmland. On top of this there were laws passed that limited their financial and civil freedoms. Kodak Black Caught Having Sex in White Teacher Hits The Jerk as Students Go Wild Are AKAs Too Insecure? In the 1950s, when the creation of a Corps of Engineers lake in Davidson and Rutherford counties was announced, engineers said that old Jefferson would be permanently flooded. The hallmark of Lynchings is that people are killed without benefit of a legal trial and if a trial is convened, it would at best be described as a Kangaroo Court, where the verdict could be predicted in advance, without good evidence of guilt and following equitable interpretation and enforcement of laws. E&E provides daily coverage of essential energy and environmental news atwww.eenews.net. Lets find out in a segment called, How Did We Get Here?Show Synopsis: Amber showcases her signature smart-and-silly take on the news of the week, responding to it all with a charming, late-night mix of seriousness, nonsense, and evening gowns.#PeacockTV #AmberRuffin #BlackLivesMatter Dozens of other Black towns have been erased off the American map, not by burning them down, but by hiding them underwater, she added. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Sadly, it would also be flooded by the waters of Lake Martin. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. Despite Knox being transferred, a mob of angry White residents gathered outside of the jail. The non-profit organization helps teachers cover Tennessee history, American history, civics and basic social studies, and uses booklets, posters, inservices and the website www.tnhistoryforkids.org. As time went by, some communities got lost completely. There are old stories and traditions, familiar old tales that cannot be put down in statistics nor relayed in figures.. Today, some of the land formerly occupied by Old Johnsonville sits in Johnsonville State Historic Park. At the same time, urban development is creating more impervious surfaces in cities, and aging municipal sewer systems are overwhelmed by the increasing water. While severe storms fall on the rich and poor alike, the capacity to respond to and recover from flooding is much lower in socially vulnerable populations that even in the best of times are struggling to function, the report concluded. The relatives of Mae Crow as she is commonly referred to do not believe the 2 were guilty and have spoken publicly stating the belief of their innocence. When Kentucky Lake was created, about 350 residents had to be moved. Amber Ruffin speaks onstage at the Lena Horne Prize Event Honoring Solange Knowles Presented by Salesforce at the Town Hall on February 28, 2020 in New York City. After the trials and executions, white men, known as Night Riders, forced Black families out of their homes by bringing their land, churches, and schools. Harrison had an elementary school, a church and several stores. It is time to resolve these problems. By the end of 1912, two incidents in the county and the ensuing violence against the Black population there, led essentially every Black person to flee Forsyth, even those who owned land. Even crazier? Tennessee has many ghost towns abandoned because they were once owned by a coal company, because the railroad replaced the flatboat or because early routes were replaced with later ones. By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. There seemed to be a feeling of community in the place, which quickly became known for its churches. Before we leave East Tennessee, I need to mention a county seat that TVA spared. Streaming on Peacock https://pck.tv/3pOiao8Reserve your spot in the live studio audience for The Amber Ruffin Show at https://1iota.co. However, the nice lady who owns the house asked me not to publicize its location. Discover world-changing science. Dont Miss A Story. Pastors such as Grant Smith and Levi Greenlee Jr. were spiritual leaders and outspoken advocates for Black residents, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Through the process of preparing for Lake Lanier, the U.S. government acquired the rights to more than 56,000 acres of land in Forsyth, Hall and Dawson counties to make room for the 38,000-acre lake and more than 700 miles of shoreline. 20 February, 2023. 18,500 residents were displaced, and roughly 6,300 were black. The myth that was pushed is that Blacks were lazy, shiftless, criminals, low intellect people and the list of negatives that are completely false persist. America is still winding down from its recent Juneteenth shenanigans, but Amber Ruffin used her show last week to expose white America's pattern of flooding Black towns in order to build lakes. We need and appreciate your support. Brazil - 680mm of Rain in 24 Hours Triggers Floods and Landslides in So Paulo, Dozens Killed. It is on my cell phone and I can listen to all genre of material whenever and where I am. A similar thing happened in the Benton County town of Big Sandy. 77 new glacial lakes add to Kumaon flood risk; Stepfather arrested for minor's rape in Haridwar 'Rash driving rampant in Dehradun's Rajpur road' 4 of poachers' gang held with leopard skin in . Photo: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for The Town Hall. With Fox News-incensed conservative white people storming beleaguered school board meetings to demand that progressive demon du jour Critical Race Theory be banned for daring suggest that racial discrimination (plus enslavement, oppression, and straight-up genocide) played any part in the founding of this great, slave-built, Native peoples-murdering nation, Ruffin kicked off a segment of Fridays Amber Ruffin Show by introducing viewers to Georgias Lake Lanier. Soddy had a hosiery mill, a gristmill, a gas station and many houses. Records suggest that Black residents did, however, lose the land they once owned in Forsyth after they were driven out of the county after 1912. He got the best hot biscuits at Eva, the Nashville Tennessean reported. Even crazier? The Journal of Steffanie Jay-Zs Shock in Running Into Kelly Rowland Is Your WATCH LIVE! Photo by P. E. Norine, January 8, 1944, courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation. During World War II, the Tennessee Valley Authority built Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. Continue reading with a Scientific American subscription. About 10 of those graves were Revolutionary War veterans, which makes me wonder what was left of them by the 1930s. Homes were damaged and roads completely blocked. An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Some protesters have denounced broad and persistent societal inequalities including the disproportionate number of Blacks dying from COVID-19. To see the posts, click here. It was a small farming community with a bank, sawmill, gristmill, post office, its own gold mine among other businesses. Some of East Tennessees best flour was ground at the mill, the October 12, 1941, Knoxville News-Sentinel reported. Do you know what we mean? Audible Gift Memberships Audible Gift Membership, which is available in 1, 3, 6 and 12-month membership options. We also posted a 5 part mini-series on the 100th anniversary of one of the most horrific massacres in the history of America. One of the nightmarish racist chapters of American history is documented in a new book by my guest Patrick Phillips. Oscarville even had a race track. Dr. Rosie Milligan: Literacy is Everybodys Business! We are going to have worsening urban flooding problems due to development and climate change.. Heavy rainfall raced down slopes around Lake Como, triggering landslides and flash floods on the communities below. Thats it., If youre going to kick Black people out of their homes, make sure they have the money to stay on their feet. American Woman Kidnapped by Family and Allegedly Forced to marry for A $500K Dowry, Going on a Cruise Vacation? By Sept. 7, Sheriff William Reid had arrested two men, according to The Gainesville News Sept. 12, 1912, edition. Not too long after, a White mob started attacking Black families in Oscarville, burning their land, schools and churches. Eventually, due to insufficient revenue, this once thriving community fell into decline, and is now struggling to keep its small town values and ideals alive. Thomas Frank covers the federal response to climate change for E&E News. But Ferguson was no aberration. 2023 Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc. In a few cases at least parts of some towns were flooded with buildings having not been moved at all. 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