Sundown Towns

Sunsets can be a beautiful sight and time of day, but from 1890 and even to the present, a sunset could mean violence and even death for Black/African Americans. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece as they tell the sordid history of sundown towns---all-white communities, neighborhoods, counties, and even states that exclude Blacks and other minorities through the use of discriminatory laws, harassment, and threats or violence. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

Citations

AP Road Trip: Racial tensions in America's 'sundown towns'

Loewen, James W. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, The New Press, New York, 2018.

Loveland, Colorado Splinters Over Racist Sundown Town Past And Increasingly Diverse Future

Sundown Towns

Sundown Towns Are Still A Problem For Black Drivers

Sundown Towns by State - History and Social Justice

Sundown Towns in the News, Arts, etc. - History and Social Justice

'Sundown towns': Midwest confronts its complicated racial legacy

The Brutal Slaying of Carol Jenkins | by Katherine M.

The Great Banishment of 1923

Think Sundown Towns Are a Thing of the Past? Think Again | by Morgan Jerkins | GEN