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List of 11 Sundown Towns in Texas where historically non-white people were not allowed to live or stay after dark in the USA
Historical Database of Sundown Towns. Welcome to the world’s only registry of sundown towns. Just click on a state to see an alphabetical list of all the sundown towns we know about, think may been sundown towns, and have managed to get up onto the site.
Map of Sundown Towns in the United States by county. A sundown town refers to a municipality or neighborhood within the United States that practices or once practiced a form of racial segregation characterized by intimidation, hostility, or violence among white people directed toward non-whites, especially against African Americans.
Pages in category "Sundown towns in Texas". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
A database contributed by people across the nation underlies these maps and the tables you can generate.
A quick look at Wikipedia shows that there are eight towns in Texas that were once a sundown town. For a full and exhaustive list, check out the History and Social Justice website.
Welcome to the world’s only registry of sundown towns. Just click on a state to see an alphabetical list of all the sundown towns we know about, think may been sundown towns, and have managed to get up onto the site.
Take the U.S.'s sundown towns. These are areas across the country that prohibit Black people from being in public after the sun sets. These towns still exist, even if some of the area's residents refuse to believe they do. Here are the sundown towns we currently know of in America.
In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the rise and fall of sundown towns in Texas, looking at how they emerged in the Jim Crow era, how civil rights legislation led to their decline, and how their exclusionary practices continue to shape Texas communities today.
If your research (or ours) convinces you that a town was a sundown town, consider helping it transcend its white supremacist past. Goshen, IN, and La Crosse, WI, discussed on this website, provide examples of places that have done so.