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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.

Chickasaw

Alabama

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?
Don't Know
Sign?
Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880 1,794
1890 1,033
1900 1,012
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960 10,002 3
1970
1980
1990 6,457 27
2000 6,364 5,657 517 15 86 73 19
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“I was born in Mobile in 1931, and being a
person of color, the family members were the source
of the talk. The sign read ‘Nigger, don’t be caught
here after the sun goes down,’ or something to that
effect.”
-resident of Mobile