<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Revision:%20History/Sundown Towns%20-%2020260302210815" style="border:1px solid #555; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:4px; color:#a89ee8; text-decoration:none; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#2a2a2a;">📩 Submit a Revision/Addition</a> <br> # Sundown Towns and Marjorie Taylor Greene ## **What Are Sundown Towns?** **Sundown towns** were communities in the United States—especially in the Midwest, West, and South—where **Black Americans and other people of color were systematically excluded** using laws, violence, and intimidation. The name comes from signs or unwritten rules warning non-white people to leave town **by sundown** or face consequences. ### Historical Overview - **Peak Period:** *Circa 1890–1968*, spanning the post-Reconstruction era through the Civil Rights Movement. - **Exclusion Tactics:** Local ordinances, *racial covenants in real estate*, **threats, arrests, harassment, and violence**. - **Common Regions:** While the South had deeply segregated communities, many sundown towns were found in **Northern and Midwestern** states like *Illinois, Indiana, and Oregon*. - **Long-Term Effects:** These towns often remain **overwhelmingly white**, and many residents today are unaware of or deny the town's exclusionary past. The concept was widely researched and popularized by **James W. Loewen** in his book *Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism*, where he estimated there were **thousands** of such towns across the U.S.