In conclusion to this week's open thread topic on Sundown towns, I will highlight some more back history and sundown towns that existed in California. The fictional character Tarzan may have lived in the "darkest Africa", but his creator Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in one Sundown town, Oak Park and used his funding to create another sundown town; Tarzana, California. one … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
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Friday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Along with Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Darien has the dubious reputation of being one of the most affluent Sundown Towns in America. Its status as a Sundown Town is almost legendary. The machinations of the population, the city government, and the social conditions mean Darien was allowed to stay all white for decades, and proudly so. That began to change in the late 1940s … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Thursday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Today's featured Sundown town is McLean County, Kentucky. In some parts of the country, African-Americans or other people of color simply happen to not live there. It is not because the locals keep them out, they just choose to not move there. In northern Idaho, for example, one can point to almost any single county and allege it is a Sundown County. Looking at the … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Wednesday Open Thread: Sundown Town
An excerpt from a CNN online article about Vidor, Texas's past and present as a Sundown Town" Peggy Fruge told me she'd welcome blacks to her neighborhood. Then she said this:"I don't mind being friends with them, talking and stuff like that, but as far as mingling and eating with them, all that kind of stuff, that's where I draw the line." Read more … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Sundown Town
Monday Open Thread: The History of Sundown Towns
It's Monday, POU Family. It's a new week, new weekly thread. This week's topic talks about modern day sundown towns. I have been reading a book by James W. Loewen, a historian and sociologist, called Sundown Towns- A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. It is one of the first full length books on the subject of Sundown Towns. A sundown town was a town, city or … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The History of Sundown Towns