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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.

Bryan

Ohio

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910 3641 1
1920 4252 0
1930 4689 0
1940 5404 1
1950
1960 7361 0
1970 7008 0 10
1980 7880 0
1990 8187 7
2000 8333 26 19 59
2010 8545 47 14 73
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

According to a resident of Ohio, “One of my best friends is one in a family of four that moved to Bryan in 1994 to become one of the first black families to settle here. She was the first black student that anyone could remember to graduate from Bryan High School. The KKK burned a cross on their lawn in 1996. Apparently that actually made the community more sympathetic to their presence.”