In 1919, an armed mob expelled black workers from Corbin, Kentucky. A man named Steve Rogers was convicted of leading the mob and spent two years in prison. Mayor McBernie: "I do not consider that it would be safe for any of the Negroes to return"
In 1919, a white mob forced the entire black population of Corbin, Kentucky, to leave, at gunpoint. It was one of many racial expulsions in the United States. What happened, and how such racial cleansings became “America’s family secret.”
The history of Corbin as presented by the Corbin city government, with no mention of the 1919 racial expulsion.