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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Racially motivated violence against African Americans, Sundown towns in the United States, History of racial segregation in the United States, American phraseology
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sundown town  gray town  sundown city  sundown counties  sundown county
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Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence. Wikipedia
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Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence. Wikipedia
All-white municipalities that practice a form of racial segregation Wikidata
A place or jurisdiction that prohibits or discourages a certain class of people, typically a certain race or ethnicity, from living there or remaining there after sundown, or, in some cases, from visiting during the day. Wiktionary
Place that prohibits certain people from living there. Wiktionary (translation)
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municipality
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racial segregation
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sundown town
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sundown town
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sundown town
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sundown city, sundown counties, Sundown county, Sundown Town, sundown towns, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Sundowner town, Sunset town, sunset towns
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gray town, sundown county, sundown suburb, sundowner town, sunset town, sunset towns, gray towns, sundowner towns

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