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- Sundown town - Wikipedia
Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all- White municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practiced a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence They were most prevalent before the 1950s
- List of Sundown Towns in the U. S. by State (Infographic . . .
Sundown towns are not confined to one state or region; they are found in states across the nation See how states compare to one another in this map
- Sundown Towns by State - History and Social Justice
Historical Database of Sundown Towns Select a state from the map below to view a list of sundown towns FL MI ME NY PA VA WV OH IN IL WI NC TN AR MO GA SC KY AL LA MS IA MN OK TX NM KS NE SD ND WY MT CO ID UT AZ […]
- Sundown town | Meaning History | Britannica
Sundown town, in U S history, a town that excluded nonwhite people—most frequently African Americans—from remaining in town after sunset More generally, sundown town is used to describe a place where the resident population was through deliberate action made to be overwhelmingly composed of white
- Sundown Towns by State 2025 - World Population Review
Definition of 'sundown town' and list of cities that historical records indicate may be sundown towns or may have been at some point in their history
- 10 Sundown Towns That Shaped Black American History - NewsOne
Sundown towns are a haunting but often overlooked chapter in American history These were communities that, through law, intimidation, or violence, systematically excluded Black Americans and
- Sundown Towns: - Americas Black Holocaust Museum
A sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus “all-white” on purpose Sundown towns are rare in the South but common in the rest of the country Learn why sundown cities, towns, suburbs, and neighborhoods developed–and how they continue to shape the lives and relationships of black and white Americans today
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