Washington
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
During World War II, “a large percentage of the
soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis halfway or so between
Olympia and Taco were black. It seems like there was
a sign outside of Olympia – I don’t really remember.
My dad told me about the prohibition of blacks in
Olympia after some specified time of day and also
about the percentage of blacks at Fort Lewis, I believe.
After work he used to go out of his way to pick up the
black soldiers and haul them up to Fort Lewis because
he felt sorry for them being stranded at Olympia. Also
he had a ration card that allowed him extra gas. (That
was important in those days.)”
-former Olympia resident
Olympia, WA is a member of the Inclusive Communities Partnership of the National League of Cities.