Submitted by mjsisko t3_za9obu in Pennsylvania
giantcucumbergrower t1_izbrlpe wrote
Reply to comment by Psychedelic_Eyeball in Philadelphia City Council approves permanent 10 p.m. curfew by mjsisko
Oh so like a Sundown Town
WikiSummarizerBot t1_izbrn9n wrote
>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. The term came from signs posted that "colored people" had to leave town by sundown. Entire sundown counties and sundown suburbs were also created by the same process. The practice was not restricted to the southern states, with New Jersey and other northern states being described as equally inhospitable to black travelers.
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