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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.

Shively

Kentucky

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
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
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940 1273 1
1950 2401 1
1960 15155 2
1970 19223 23
1980
1990 15535 2311
2000 15157 4595 39 64
2010 15264 7425 30 106
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Realtors
  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

The Wade Case made the news in 1954. A black family had moved to Shively which resulted in cross burning and bombings of the house. The story is documented in Anne Braden, The Wall Between, 1958. Braden and her husband bought the house in then all-white Shively on behalf of the Wade family.

email 1/2008
Shively now has a large black population.