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[https://www.britannica.com/place/sundown-town by Will Gosner 10/10/25 Britannica] | [https://www.britannica.com/place/sundown-town by Will Gosner 10/10/25 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 people. | 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 people. | ||
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[https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/sundown-towns/ by Ross Coen 24/8/20 BLACKPAST] | |||
Sundown Towns are all-white communities, neighborhoods, or counties that exclude Blacks and other minorities through the use of discriminatory laws, harassment, and threats or use of violence. The name derives from the posted and verbal warnings issued to Blacks that although they might be allowed to work or travel in a community during the daytime, they must leave by sundown. | |||
