They had to find a place no darkies would show up?
Couldn't have chosen a whiter town. Ever been to Papillion, Nebraska, population 18K? Suburb west of Omaha, I was stationed there at Offutt AFB in the 70's.
The racial makeup of the city was 90.7% White, 3.3% African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 1.5% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 5.2% of the population.