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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.

Folcroft

Pennsylvania

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?
Sign?
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
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940 1,592 0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 6,606 1,812
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

In 1963, the all-white village of Delmar within Folcroft had a riot when a black family attempted to move in.

“…there had as yet been no national headlines about Folcroft, Pennsylvania, where white neighbors rioted and nearly destroyed the home of Negro couple.” — Lois Mark Stalvey, THE EDUCATION OF A WASP, p. 42 (NY: Wm. Morrow, 1970).

Folcroft, PA, A black family moved out in 1965 after husband suffered nervous breakdown after two years of insults, vandalism of car and house, etc–Hecht, Because It Is Right, pg. 205.