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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.

Clinton

Mississippi

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Strongly Democratic
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Was there an ordinance?
Sign?
Year of Greatest Interest
1875
Still Sundown?

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
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2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Violent Expulsion
  • Threat of Violence

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

While never all-white, the murder of black leader Charles Caldwell in 1875 may have led to a considerable black exodus, and Clinton remains one of the whitest towns in Hinds or Madison counties to this day.