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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.

Evening Shade

Arkansas

Basic Information

Type of Place
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Surely
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
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Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

In 1906, signs warning the black population of Evening Shade in Sharp County to leave began to appear and a local black man, Joe Brooks, was shot and wounded. Most of the black community left in fear of their lives. — John A. Kirk, “‘No Malaria, No Mosquitoes, No Negroes’: Constructing a History of Race and Ethnic Relations in Northwest Arkansas,” paper given at seminar, U of AR Fayetteville .