Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

James W. Loewen

576 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, exposes the secret communities and hotbeds of racial injustice that sprung up throughout the twentieth century unnoticed, forcing us to reexamine race relations in the United States.I...

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tense 11%

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