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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.

Russell

Kansas

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?
Sign?
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
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Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

email 11/2007:

In about 1966-67, I was dating a girl from Russell, Kansas (the home of Bob Dole and Arlan Specter) who told me about “the signs” at her town. I did not believe her until I saw them myself. I think they were on old Highway 40 (the “Liberty Highway” as some have called it). I think the exact words were “The sun had better not set on a nigger in this town”. I was shocked, she was not, we broke up. I have told others about the signs and they denied it.