Sundown Town

Sundown Nation/ Sundown Towns are Recent   In 1884, it was rare for a town the size of Waverly Ohio (Population 1279) to be all-white. Beginning around 1890 and lasting until at least 1968, towns throughout Ohio and most other states began to emulate the racial policy of places like Wyandotte and Waverly. Most independent sundown towns expelled their black residents, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Sundown Towns