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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.

East Haven

Connecticut

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?
Possible
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 9,094 1
1950
1960
1970 25,120 47
1980
1990
2000
2010 29,257 1,008
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black
  • Hispanic
  • Other

Comments

Email from 2/2014
“Known by most blacks esp young black males and now Latinos not to travel through after dark.”

Email from a nearby resident:
“East Haven has been in the news off and on since I moved here in 2001 for its aggressively unwelcome attitude toward people of color. Recently, I saw a news story that described a justice department investigation of the East Haven police department for its systematic harassment of Latinos that has resulted in a huge drop in East Haven’s Latino population over the past few years. East Haven’s possible sundown status is complicated by the fact that it’s an Italian-American enclave and the history of Italian-Americans as an unwanted minority group in Connecticut.”