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Loveland, Colorado Splinters Over Racist Sundown Town Past And Increasingly Diverse Future

Sep 27, 2021

Several moments during the last two years have reflected race-based problems in Loveland — at city council, school and library board meetings, during protests and in Facebook groups. Often, a key point of contention for some residents is whether racism even exists in the Colorado city, or ever did.

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In Nevada, Sundown Town History Has Cultural Impacts For Washoe Tribal Members

Sep 23, 2021

Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse.

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Despite Its Optics, An Idaho College Town Remains A Complicated Place For People Of Color

Sep 17, 2021

Today, Moscow’s brief history as a probable sundown town seems a continent away. The northern Idaho town of 25,000 saw multiple racial justice protests last year. Black Lives Matter signs line the windows of Moscow’s downtown restaurants and cafes. But some people of color still feel uneasy here.

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Chinese Miners Faced Racism, Violence As Mountain West Sundown Towns Excluded Them

Sep 14, 2021

Sundown towns once drove out people of color or prohibited them from living within city limits. This practice started in the late 19th century, but the impact continues today. In Colorado, Chinese immigrants flocked to the state to find gold. They were tolerated in some mining camps and run out of others.

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Reporters Chronicle Racist History Behind West's 'Sundown Towns'

Sep 10, 2021

In many small towns, a wailing siren was often heard as an ominous warning to people of color.

A new series investigates the legacy of so-called sundown towns. 

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Does Minden’s Siren Remember First Responders, Racism or Both?

Aug 27, 2020

For Native American’s in Northern Nevada, a siren that blasts nightly in Minden is a living piece of historical trauma.

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