false 52444 2 No blacks allowed, especially after dark. This was the unwritten rule in a "sundown" town. In his trademark revelatory style, bestselling author James W. Loewen explores one of America's best-kept secrets as he unearths the making of sundown towns and discloses the fact that many white neighborhoods and suburbs are the result of years of racism and segregation. Anna, Illinois; Darien, Connecticut; and Cedar Key, Florida, are just a few examples of the thousands of all-white towns established between 1890 and 1968, many of which still exist today. White residents of these towns used any means possible -- including the law, harassment, race riots, and even murder -- to keep African Americans and other minority groups out.<P><P>Powerful and unprecedented, <I>Sundown Towns</i> tells the story of how these towns came into existence, what maintains them, and what to do about them. It also deepens our understanding of the role racism has played and continues to play in our society.<P><P> 51159 2005 Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism total:98|5:41|4:40|3:15|2:2|1:0| 98 414 275 26 5 1 false false Mon Jun 23 06:50:06 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 21:07:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 23 06:50:06 -0700 2008
Sundown Towns
By James Loewen

Sundown town is any organized jurisdiction that for decades kept African Americans or other groups from living in it and was thus “all-white on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 01 09:28:46 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 27 23:14:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 17:22:25 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 11:49:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 14 09:06:57 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 09:49:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 13 05:49:53 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 08 19:13:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 08:34:40 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 09:46:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 20:17:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 21:57:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 03 16:22:29 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 19:19:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 08 08:20:46 -0800 2008 Mon May 21 09:46:10 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 09:51:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 21 12:14:39 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 12:22:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 17:08:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:09:37 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 29 12:19:24 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 12:19:33 -0700 2008 Lies My Teacher Told Me" chronicles the thousands of towns around the U.S., mostly in the north and midwest (and west), in which African-Americans and other "unwanted" people were forbidden to live, forced to leave town by sundown. Eye-opening and disturbing. I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 17:20:46 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:28:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:39:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:43:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:36:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:30:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jun 13 06:58:20 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 13:30:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 02:07:32 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 14 12:11:49 -0800 2008 Mon May 04 02:07:32 -0700 2009
This shit is mindblowing! Most towns, and some whole counties in the Midwest drove out their black/minority residents. Quite a few in other parts of the country as well, and many towns are still whites-only.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 08:16:24 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 08:18:49 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 23 09:14:38 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 09:14:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Feb 07 11:34:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:44:07 -0700 2009