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Sundown Towns: Racial Segregation Past and Present

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A sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus all-white on purpose. Sundown towns are rare in the South but common in the rest of the country. Learn why sundown cities, towns, suburbs, and neighborhoods developedand how they continue to shape the lives and relationships of black and white Americans today.
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