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Sundown is a small town in Hockley County, Texas, United States. The community school district is Sundown ISD. The community school district is Sundown ISD. The population was 1,283 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] a decrease from 1,397 at the 2010 census .
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A sundown town is an all-White community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-Whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting harassment.
Sundown High School is a public high school located in Sundown, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Sundown Independent School District located in southern Hockley County. The school is widely recognized for its stellar academics, great cross country program, and, like most small Texas towns, its football team.
Vidor had a reputation as a "sundown town", where African Americans are not allowed after sunset. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 1993, after district court judge William Wayne Justice ordered that 36 counties in East Texas , including Vidor, desegregate public housing by making some units available for minorities, the Ku Klux Klan held a march in the ...
The 30,000 square foot restaurant sits on a bluff 450 feet above Lake Travis and is the largest outdoor restaurant in Texas. In 2019, the Oasis was the fourth largest restaurant in the world, with a seating capacity of 2,800 people. [4] The menu includes American and Tex-Mex cuisine such as burgers, fajitas, nachos, and tacos, [5] [6] as well ...
Sundown Independent School District is a public school district based in Sundown, Texas, United States. In addition to Sundown, the district also serves rural areas in southwestern Hockley County . Sundown ISD has three campuses - Sundown High (Grades 9-12), Sundown Junior High (Grades 6-8), and Sundown Elementary (Grades PK-5).