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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.

Durant

Oklahoma

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?
Don’t Know

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 7340 7062 4 274
1930 7463 6643 2
1940
1950 10541 5
1960 10467 10205 4(female
1970
1980
1990 12823 10790 161 1655
2000 13549 203
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

Email Oklahoma resident-Sep 2008

“expelled it’s black residents after the gruesome lynching and subsequent burning of John Lee on August 13 1911. It’s now home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University and is no longer sundown, although there are still very few blaks there.”