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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.

Redding

California

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?
Don’t Know
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
2000 80865 71727 851 1802 6485
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Violent ExpulsionPolice or Other Official Action
  • Private Bad Behavior

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black
  • Asian
  • Hispanic

Comments

Redding expelled its Chinese population in
January of 1886 and burned the Chinatown the next
month.

“There was a very active KKK group in Redding,
CA circa 1965-67…maybe sooner and lasted longer.”
-former resident of Redding

“The police departments [in various towns,
including Redding] used the term ‘border patrol’ either
as a name for themselves or for the practice of pulling
over minorities. Persons of colour are pulled over,
questioned, possibly ticketed and sometimes escorted
out of town after dark. The practice becomes widely
known, and generally discourages persons of colour
from returning, or considering the area as a place to
live.”