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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.

Lodi

California

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?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Yes, Written Evidence
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

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 2967 14
1920
1930 6788 0
1940 11079 1
1950 4850 0 161
1960 22229 3
1970
1980 28691 3 959
1990
2000 56999 42421 344 2881 494 15464 7972
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

email 9/2007:
A woman who grew up in Lodi, indicated that there were never more than two African-American families in town at any time. She left Lodi in 1954, at age 18. However, before she left, she was doing some research and came across an old law on the books of the City of Lodi that required blacks to leave the city limits at the 6pm whistle.

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“My friend grew up in Lodi, CA and reported that
the only black family she knew of was the junior high
principal’s. Also, the joke around town was that the
reason gas is historically so cheap in Lodi is because
there aren’t any black people there.”