sundown town

== English == === Etymology === After signs posted at town entrances warning that “colored people” (among other terms) were required to leave town by sundown. === Noun === sundown town (plural sundown towns) A place or jurisdiction that prohibits or discourages a certain class of people, typically a certain race or ethnicity, from living there or remaining there after sundown, or, in some cases, from visiting during the day. Synonyms: sunset town, gray town, sundowner town ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Jim Crow redlining segregation === Further reading === sundown town on Wikipedia.Wikipedia