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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.

Woodland Beach

Maryland

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
DC
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

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

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
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Method of Exclusion

  • Threat of Violence

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

A house purchased by a black family in the late 1990s
or early 2000s was graffitied; the family gave up and
moved away. Others have charged loan discrimination.
“Blacks See Bias in a Pricier Neighborhood”,
Washington Post, 2 September 2001