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Eugene, Oregon, was considered a sundown town by sociologist James W. Loewen. [148] Grants Pass, Oregon, was a sundown town in the years before World War II. [147] Medford, Oregon, had a reputation of being a sundown town unwelcoming to "negroes and other racial minorities" prior to 1963. [149]
Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States. They were towns that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence. They were most prevalent before the 1950s.
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Levittown, New York, is an unincorporated area in Nassau County, New York. It can be defined in three overlapping but non-conforming ways. [ 25 ] The most common use is Levittown as defined by the United States Postal Service 's Zip Code 11756.
During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
Despite over 1 ft (30 cm) of snow in Port Jervis, New York, the record snow drought in New York City continued, as Central Park only picked up 0.2 in (0.51 cm) of snow. [21] Boston measured 3.8 in (9.7 cm) during the snow event, with 5.6 in (14 cm) of snow in Providence, Rhode Island and 10.4 in (26 cm) of snow in Hartford, Connecticut . [ 22 ]
The University of Oregon encampment on May 1, 2024. The 21st century has seen continued environmental and social justice activism. In 2011, the Occupy Eugene protests from October to December occurred in connection with the Occupy Wall Street movement, and these local protests included around 2000 participants. [50]