Not welcome to stop for gas or food : Decades later, Colorado s history of sundown towns still lingers columbian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
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.
Sundown towns are broadly defined as "cities, towns, counties, even whole subregions that for decades were all-white on purpose," according to Tougaloo College
Sundown towns are broadly defined as "cities, towns, counties, even whole subregions that for decades were all-white on purpose," according to Tougaloo College