Sundown towns [electronic resource] : a hidden dimension of American racism / James W. Loewen.
Loewen, James W.
2005
E185.615 .L577 2005eb
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Title Sundown towns [electronic resource] : a hidden dimension of American racism / James W. Loewen.
Author Loewen, James W.
ISBN 9781595586742 (electronic bk.)
156584887X
9781595586728
9781595586964 (electronic bk.)
Imprint New York : New Press : Distributed in the United States by Norton, 2005.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 562 p.) : ill., map.
Call Number E185.615 .L577 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.5/5/0973091732
Summary Loewen (emeritus, sociology, U. of Vermont) exposes the history and persistence of "sundown towns," so-named for the signs often found at their corporate limits warning African Americans and other minorities not to be found in the town after dusk. He historically situates the rise of the sundown town movement in the years following the Civil War; describes the mechanisms of violence, threats, law, and policy that were used to force minorities out of Northern and Western towns into the big cities; and charts the continued existence of such communities. In considering the sociology of sundown towns he investigates the causes that underlie the existence of sundown towns and discusses why the phenomena has remained largely hidden. The social costs of sundown towns on whites, blacks, and the social system are then detailed and recommendations for fixing this blight on the body politic are proffered. Includes information on Anna, (Illinois), anti Semitism, Appalachian region, Appleton (Wisconsin), Arkansas, Asian Americans, Atlanta (Georgia), Berwyn (Illinois), Beverly Hills (California), black Americans, Boley (Oklahoma), Brown v. Board of Education, George W. Bush, Buchanan v. Warley, Cairo (Illinois), California, Chicago (Illinois), Chinese Americans, Cicero (Illinois), Corbin (Kentucky), Cullman (Alabama), Darien (Connecticut), Dearborn (Michigan), Democratic Party, Detroit (Michigan), Du Quoin (Illinois), economic factors, Edina (Minnesota), educational aspects, Effingham (Illinois), employment, Florida, Fond du Lac (Wisconsin), Forsyth County (Georgia), Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Gainesville (Florida), Glendale (California), Granite City (Illinois), Great Migration, Great Retreat, Greenwich (Connecticut), Grosse Pointe (Michigan), Harrison (Arkansas), Highland Park (Texas), Idaho, Illinois, immigration, Indiana, Jews, Jonesboro (Illinois), Kenilworth (Illinois), Ku Klux Klan, legal aspects, Long Island (New York), Los Angeles (California), lynchings, Martinsville (Indiana), Medford (Oregon), Mississippi, Missouri, Native Americans, New York, Norman (Oklahoma), Oak Park (Illinois), Ohio, Ocoee (Florida), Orlando (Florida), Owosso (Michigan), Pana (Illinois), Pierce City (Missouri), Pinckneyville (Illinois), political factors, racial stereotypes, real estate aspects, Republican Party, Rosewood (Florida), segregation, Sheridan (Arkansas), signs in sundown towns, social class factors, Jones v. Mayer, Milliken v. Bradley, Plessy v. Ferguson, Shelley v. Kraemer, Valparaiso (Indiana), voting rights, Warren (Michigan), Washington, D.C., West Frankfort (Illinois), white Americans, Wisconsin, Wyandotte (Michigan), Zeigler (Illinois), etc.
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PART I: INTRODUCTION: The importance of sundown towns
The nadir: incubator of sundown towns
PART II: THE HISTORY OF SUNDOWN TOWNS: The great retreat
How sundown towns were created
Sundown suburbs
PART III: THE SOCIOLOGY OF SUNDOWN TOWNS: Underlying causes
Catalysts and origin myths
Hidden in plain view: knowing and non knowing about sundown towns
PART IV: SUNDOWN TOWNS IN OPERATION: Enforcement
Exception to the sundown rule
PART V: EFFECTS OF SUNDOWN TOWNS: The effect of sundown towns on Whites
The effect of sundown towns on Blacks
The effect of sundown towns on the social system
PART VI: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SUNDOWN TOWNS: Sundown towns today
The remedy: integrated neighborhoods and towns
Appendix : Methodological notes on Table 1.

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