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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Brookfield

Illinois

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
W. Chicago
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Sign?
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

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

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

According to a source from Wittenberg University, OH, during the 1960’s, there was a big uproar in Brookfield, IL, when a family sold a house to a black family. It turned out, however, that there already was a black family in the town, and at a meeting called to protest this new family, a white man stood up and said his neighbor already was black. The meeting broke up in confusion.