Sundown Towns

Sundown towns are all-white communities that intentionally exclude African Americans or other minorities from residing within their boundaries by forced expulsion, violent threats, or economic coercion. Multiple sundown towns and counties appeared in Georgia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 

Creation and Enforcement

Most sundown towns emerged between the 1880s and 1960s. They were common in communities of the Northeast, Midwest, West, and parts of the South that had few African American and other minority residents prior to the 1880s. In southern counties dominated by plantation agriculture, white residents focused on subjugating Black workers rather than expelling them. As a result, Georgia’s sundown towns usually appeared in regions outside the Black Belt, such as the Appalachian Mountains or the suburbs of rapidly growing cities.

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