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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.

Eastlake

Ohio

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
1950s
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 7486 0
1960 12467 0
1970 19690 1 45
1980 21954 12
1990 20866 65 33 197
2000 20255 110 32 196
2010 18577 266 26 185
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Email testimony from 7/2014: “Growing up in Eastlake, from second grade until I left for college, I know that no Blacks lived in Eastlake but a few did in Willoughby. However, though Eastlake was all white I never heard of sundown policies, laws or signs. Perhaps because we were a few white suburbs away from the ghetto, the racism in Eastlake was not much on the surface. Willoughby, Willowick and Eastlake all went to one high school until 1959, and from 57 to 59 school years there were only two Black students in the school system. In 1959 the high school, called Eastlake North, was split and a Willoughby South was created and the two Black students went there.” – … transforming Eastlake North back into an all-white HS.