Sundown town
ALL-WHITE MUNICIPALITIES THAT PRACTICE A FORM OF RACIAL SEGREGATION
Sundown Towns; Sundown towns; Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism; Sunset towns; Sundown Town; Sunset town; Sundown city; Gray town; Sundown county; Sundown counties; Sundowner town
Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence. The term came from signs posted that "colored people" had to leave town by sundown.