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Sol
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 12, 2021, 09:47:19 PM »

In Illinois, I don't think there are anymore sundown towns here (Thank God!). However, examples of such former ones definitely include Cicero, Deerfield, and Anna.

Is that actually true? IIRC almost all of the Black inhabitants as of 2010 were residents at the Choate Developmental Center according to James Loewen.

2020 racial statistics at the micro level are unreliable due to demographic smudging, but are broadly similar, suggesting that the town actually might have gotten slightly whiter in the last decade since the census overestimates demographic groups in areas where they are less frequent. If this is the case, it's likely the result of turnover at the Choate Center, but still doesn't say anything good about Anna's embrace of racial inclusion.

It's hard to say with certainty but it seems pretty likely IMO that Anna is still a sundown town.
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Sol
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2021, 02:55:17 PM »

Minden sounds a "sundown siren" at 6pm almost every evening since 1917, originally signifying that members of the Washoe Indian tribe were required to leave town by 6:30pm or face jail or fine.[7] Douglas County fully repealed its sundown ordinance in the mid-1970s. A Minden ordinance meant to clarify the siren's intent went on the books in 2007, but Minden continues to sound a siren every evening.
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Sol
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2021, 09:22:33 PM »

CA probably had some, unfortunately, but most likely zero exist here today.

Edit: This article details it all, in all its sad detail.

What about Klantee?

To be honest I couldn't read the article on my computer for some reason; it's possible they didn't mention all the sundown towns. The point is, CA, like most other states, has/had sundown towns.

I wasn't referencing the article, I meant that Klantee is a sundown town in CA today.

This doesn't seem to be the case looking at 2010 demographic data.
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