'Not welcome to stop for gas or food': Decades later, Colorado's history of sundown towns still lingers – Greeley Tribune

The U.S. – Colorado included – is dotted with former "sundown towns" where people of color suffered myriad degradations: from restaurants, hotels and gas stations declining to serve travelers to neighborhoods rallying against potential homeowners with melanin.

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