Sundown Towns Locations In America
Sundown Towns Locations In America
Source: justice.tougaloo.edu/Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS.
The Towns, Cities and Counties that are "sundown towns" in North Carolina:
Bakersville, Brasstown, Faith, Graham County, Hot Springs, King, Kure Beach, Mayodan, Mitchell County, Rosman, Southern Shores, Spruce Pine, Surf City, Swain County, Trent Woods, Wrightsville Beach.
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Welcome to the world’s only registry of sundown towns. On our website just click on a state to see an alphabetical list of all the sundown towns we know about, think may been sundown towns, and have managed to get up onto the site.
Sundown Towns Locations In America
Source: justice.tougaloo.edu/Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS.
The Towns, Cities and Counties that are "sundown towns" in North Carolina:
Bakersville, Brasstown, Faith, Graham County, Hot Springs, King, Kure Beach, Mayodan, Mitchell County, Rosman, Southern Shores, Spruce Pine, Surf City, Swain County, Trent Woods, Wrightsville Beach.
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Welcome to the world’s only registry of sundown towns. On our website just click on a state to see an alphabetical list of all the sundown towns we know about, think may been sundown towns, and have managed to get up onto the site.
A sundown town is not just a place where something racist happened. It is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was “all white” on purpose.
[This list is a work in progress. You can assess the information provided to form your own determination as to whether the town is a confirmed sundown town. If you have additional information, pro or con, please email it to us.
Also note: some towns are *’d. They are not suspected sundown towns but are listed for other reasons.
If your research (or ours) convinces you that a town was a sundown town, consider helping it transcend its white supremacist past. Goshen, IN, and La Crosse, WI, discussed on this website, provide examples of places that have done so. Also, make sure that descriptions of the town in state encyclopedias, Wikipedia, etc., acknowledge that it was a sundown town.]
“All white” is in quotes because some towns allowed one black family to remain when they drove out the rest.
Also, institutionalized persons (in prisons, hospitals, colleges, etc.), live-in servants (in white households), and black or interracial children (in white households) do not violate the taboo.
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“On purpose” does not require a formal ordinance. If, for example, a Black family tried to move in, encountered considerable hostility, and left, that would qualify the town as “sundown.” Note that some sundown towns kept out Chinese Americans, Jews, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, even Mormons.
Not all towns are thoroughly confirmed. Look over the information provided and come to your own conclusion. Some towns are not and never were sundown towns but are listed for other reasons.
And of course, a town may have been sundown once, but now is not. Ferguson, MO, was a sundown town between 1940 and 1960. By 2014, when racial conflict famously erupted there, it was 67% black, so it was certainly no longer a sundown town.
However, like some other “recovering” sundown towns, it still displayed “second generation sundown town problems”, in this case an overwhelmingly white police force that still engaged in “DWB policing.”
That’s one reason why all former sundown towns should take Loewen’s three-step program or another formal step to put their white supremacist pasts behind them.
As well, that’s a reason to confirm every sundown town, even if it no longer keeps people out. So if you know a town was a sundown town, kindly email us telling us so, with specific data if you have it. On this website is a small article, “How to Confirm Sundown Towns“, with ideas to help you. If you know of a town that has gotten over its past, also tell us so, with specific data if you have it.
Please note: if a town is not listed, that does not mean it is not a sundown town. We hardly claim to have information on every town in the U.S. Again, we seek your aid.
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Link to justice.tougaloo.edu/Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS.:
https://justice.tougaloo.edu/.../using-the.../state-map/
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The Hawley Museum is passionately committed to uncovering and sharing the fascinating family stories that have influenced our state's and nation's history. We believe that every family has a unique story to tell, one that adds depth to the rich tapestry of North Carolina and U.S. History.
We encourage you to reflect on your own family narrative—did your ancestors play a pivotal role in these historical events? We invite you to become a part of our family curator team by sharing your family's history, whether it be through photos, videos, articles, or documents.
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