Sundown Town

"We Want White Tenants In Our White Community"
- old street sign

Basic Information

A sundown town is a town in the United States that is or was all-white on purpose. The name refers to signs stating that non-white people should leave the community by sundown. This state of affairs was maintained via intimidation, violence, or conspiracies between local landlords and real estate agents.

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• In fantasy settings, the same methods could be used to keep communities free of specific non-human races (or humans, for that matter).