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McConnell, Eileen Diaz; Miraftab, Faranak – Rural Sociology, 2009
For more than a century, communities across the United States legally employed strategies to create and maintain racial divides. One particularly widespread and effective practice was that of "sundown towns," which signaled to African Americans and others that they were not welcome within the city limits after dark. Though nearly 1,000…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Municipalities, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns