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Pages in category "Sundown towns in Arkansas" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Craighead County, Arkansas; G. Greene County, Arkansas; H.
The term "sundown town" derives from the practice of White towns erecting signage alerting non-Whites to vacate the area before sundown. [1] Sundown towns might include entire sundown counties or sundown suburbs and have historically been strengthened by the local presence of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a White supremacist organization. [2]
Sundown towns in Arkansas (10 P) C. Sundown towns in California (9 P) F. Sundown towns in Florida (4 P) G. ... Category: Sundown towns in the United States by state.
Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States. They were towns that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence.
Sundown towns in the United States by state ... List of sundown towns in the United States This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 04:29 (UTC). Text ...
Map of the United States with Arkansas highlighted Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning 52,035 square miles (134,770 km 2) of land. Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500 [a] [b] [c] municipalities consisting of cities ...
These relatively small cities — spread across midwestern swing states and far from dense metropolitan areas — all have one thing in common: They are former “sundown” towns, where threats ...
Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890) Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas 26,129: 682.74 sq mi (1,768 km 2) Lafayette County: 073: Lewisville: Oct 15, 1827: Hempstead County and later from Columbia County (prior 1910)