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Sundown Towns

A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

Cover of Sundown Towns
Popularity 29

Investigates segregation practices in the northern sections of twentieth-century America revealing how racial exclusion and oppression persisted into the contemporary era, in an account that challenges modern beliefs about race and racism.

Race relationsCities and townsLocal HistoryRacismDiscrimination in housingSuburbsSuburban lifeAfrican AmericansCity and town lifeSegregationVie de la banlieueRacisme