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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.

Dearborn Heights

Michigan

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Detroit
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?
Surely Not

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
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960 29404 1
1970 80069 12 1
1980 67706 63
1990 60858 277 252 782
2000 58264 1236 216 1306
2010 57774 4546 237 999
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

* 1970 only lists only black household. Four of the 12 are live-in domestic servants.

On 11/2/2013, “Renisha McBride, 19, was shot dead after knocking on a door seeking help after a car accident.” — Gary Younge, “Freelance Stop-and-Shoot,” The Nation, 3/10/2014, 10.