Chicago History Podcast Episode 608 - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III
Many towns in the Chicago area were established to be all-white, keeping out blacks, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, and others, allowing minorities to work in those towns but not live there. Those individuals also needed to be gone by sundown.
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen
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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong by James W. Loewen
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