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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.

Glenwood

Arkansas

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?
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
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990 1,354 0
2000 1,751 1,544 18 3 18 198 154
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“I left Glenwood in 1928. When we lived there, the
men always tipped their hat to the ladies and stepped
to the side. The ‘colored’, if they had to be in town,
not only tipped their hat but stepped off the sidewalk.
A sign in town said, ‘Nigger, don’t let the sun set on
you here.’ Their town was on the other side of the
river.”
-former resident of Glenwood