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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.

Bradford

Pennsylvania

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?
Possible
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
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900 15,025 177
1910
1920
1930
1940 17,691 100
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 4,816 31
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

An email from a longtime resident of Bradford: “I found a KKK manual in the attic above the garage. Mr. Long was a member of the Victory Club. There was an old church near the corner of Mechanic street and I think congress…that was the black church at one time before they were all ran out. I am not sure if it was the 30’s, 40’s, or the 50’s. But when we came in the 80’s there were zero!!! According to the grapevine they ran them out complete with burning crosses and I got the impression there was even more ominous activity that took place as well.”