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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Warrensville Heights

Ohio

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Cleveland
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
1963
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 1175 7
1950
1960 10609 20
1970 18925 4007
1980
1990 1498 14,011
2000 15109 999 13660
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“Warrensville Heights in 1960 was all white. By 1970, 21% of its population was black.” “The first ‘pioneer’ black family moved into Warrensville Heights in 1963.” “By 1980 the pop. of Warrensville Heights was 75% black.” In 1990, it was 89% black. Lee-Harvard (a neighboring town) was almost all black by 1980.
“Unlike East Cleveland, which experienced a tremendous decline since racial transtition led to the resegregation of most of the city, Warrensville Heights has maintained itself as a desirable suburb, providing good public services and pulic education and maintaining its housing stock.” Raymond Grabow, a white lawyer, retains mayorship.
[W. Dennis Keating, The Suburban Racial Dilemma (Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1994), 72-73.]

* In 1960, 18 of the 20 blacks reported were women.

* In 2000, blacks made up 90.4% of the population.