Florida
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?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Yes, Photo or Written Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
As late as 2010 a resident from Gulfport stated that it had indeed been a sundown town.
Article at http://cltampa.com/politicalanimal/archives/2015/01/15/once-a-sundown-town-gulfport-reaches-out-to-its-black-residents#.VP150Y5i87p by Cathy Salustri, “Once a %u201Csundown town,%u201D ulfport reaches out to its black residents,” 1/15/2015:
“Worthington, 71, grew up in a Gulfport that had signs at the city limits that read, %u201CBlack man, don%u2019t let the sun set on you in Gulfport%u201D %u2014 except when other people tell the story, they don%u2019t use the phrase %u201Cblack man.%u201D”
No longer sundown, acc. to article.