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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Gulfport

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

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

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.