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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Miller Place

New York

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?
Was there an ordinance?
Sign?
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
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Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

New Yorker Article Excerpt on the Trial of John White: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/03/03/the-color-of-blood

“Miller Place could also be described as overwhelmingly white. According to a study released a few years ago, Long Island is the single most segregated suburban area in the United States. The residents of 40 Independence Way-John and Sonia White and their youngest son, Aaron-are African-American and so are their next-door neighbors, but the black population of Miller Place is less than one-half of one per cent.”