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Historical Sundown Towns Linked to Persistent Racial Prejudice
Recent academic research reveals that municipalities historically known as sundown towns—areas that enforced curfews or bans against Black residents—continue to exhibit elevated levels of racial bias today. Despite decades passing since the civil rights movement, the structural and cultural impacts of these exclusionary practices remain visible in modern attitudes. The findings underscore how historical segregation policies leave deep-rooted social imprints that outlast the laws themselves. Communities that once used intimidation or legislation to maintain demographic homogeneity still lag in racial tolerance.