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A trip to Southern Illinois always reminds me of the racial history - pretty much all bad - of that part of the country. The area is still quite racially segregated. Moreover, while a few towns, like my hometown of Mt. Vernon, have sizable African-American populations (around 12% in the 2000 census), many communities are still almost 100% white. These places, like Benton with 20 African-Americans (0.3%) were once known - and not that long ago - as Sundown Towns.
Author James Loewen recently published an exhaustive book on the subject.
Author James Loewen recently published an exhaustive book on the subject.
Any one know of sundown towns in Wisconsin?
Well, developers in Monona used to have rules against jews and black buying homes in certin developments.
ReplyDeletethough it is-illegal it still exists on the deeds.
It would seem funny if not just plain said.