Sundown Towns Black People Should Be Aware Of

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Usually, when we think about sunsets, we aren't referring to pain and suffering.

But America has a way of turning something as beautiful as the sun coming down, into a terrifying nightmare, especially for black travelers all over the country. They called it 'Sundown Towns,' and if you were not white, you were not safe and could have ended up dead.

Sundown towns, or grey towns, were all-white neighborhoods in the United States that used discriminatory local laws, intimidation, or violence to keep their town all-white.... Read more


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