12. Forsyth County (Georgia)
In 1912, an eruption of racial violence and intimidation forced nearly every Black resident to flee Forsyth County, Georgia. White mobs destroyed homes, businesses, and churches, erasing a once-thriving Black community. For decades afterward, Forsyth became notorious as a “sundown county,” with an almost exclusively white population and a legacy of exclusion. The events left lasting scars and shaped the county’s reputation for generations. Learn more at The New York Times
