# Sundown towns

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  "title": "Sundown towns",
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  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "156856d1ac23e02e",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "14412864911109521414",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
  "coordinates": [
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

Here are entered general works on all-white jurisdictions in the United States that banned people of color from remaining in, or entering, the jurisdiction after dark.

This heading may be divided geographically by names of individual regions or states. Works on specific sundown towns are entered under headings of the type [place]--[topic] or [topic]--[place], e.g. [place]--Ethnic relations; Discrimination in housing--[place].

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020006003

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