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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Gentry

Arkansas

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970 1,022 0
1980
1990 1,736 1
2000 2,165 1,945 4 7 74 121 72
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“With a population of 1,000 Gentry has not a solitary
Negro inhabitant. We are not prejudiced against the
colored man, but we feel that we can get along better
without his presence, and are therefore glad to have
him remain in some other town or locality. There are
plenty of white men here to do the work, ordinarily,
and a Negro population under the present conditions,
would not only be superfluous, but an annoyance and
a nuisance. We are certainly thankful that the dusky
denizens have always given our town the go by.”