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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.

Redwood City

California

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Bay Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
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 4020 19
1930
1940
1950 25544 410
1960 46290 600
1970 55686 948
1980
1990
2000 75402 52008 1916 384 21094
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Violence Towards Newcomers

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

In December 1946, the newly built home of John
J. Walker, a black WWII veteran, was burned. Walker
and his wife had previously received threats.
The city broke sometime between 1920 and
1950, and is no longer sundown.