Sundown towns were all-white communities, neighborhoods or counties that exclude African Americans and other minority groups through discriminatory laws, harassment and threats or use of violence, ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In the first episode of HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” three Black travelers making their way across a 1950s America stop to rest along the side of the road. A white sheriff soon ...
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - An exhibit in Appleton is documenting stories of Black residents who built businesses, served in the military and shaped the city’s history — while also examining the racial ...
LA CROSSE (WKBT) — As part of Black History Month, News 8 Now is examining a troubling chapter from La Crosse's past when the city may have operated as what historians call a "sundown town" — a place ...
Episode 4 of Oklahoma’s Own Route 66 Road Trip uncovers a chapter of history often left out of the Mother Road’s story — the sundown towns that shaped where Black travelers could go, the dangers they ...
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