{"id":1649,"date":"2022-12-14T18:13:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=1649"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:35:30","slug":"race-local-history-and-sundown-towns-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/race-local-history-and-sundown-towns-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Race, Local History, and Sundown Towns in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Hist-491-Image-1-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Hist-491-Image-1-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Hist-491-Image-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Hist-491-Image-1-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Hist-491-Image-1-1.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Description:&nbsp;<\/strong>In this HistoryLab, students will research and write about the racial histories of small towns in the United States, focusing especially on suspected \u201csundown towns.\u201d Students will conduct research into these towns and work collaboratively to contribute their findings to a <a href=\"https:\/\/justice.tougaloo.edu\/sundown-towns\/\">website devoted to documenting this history<\/a>. Public-facing goals include educating the public about sundown towns and working with local communities on how to respond to these troubling histories through acknowledgment and through concrete steps toward racial justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong>&nbsp;Stephen A. 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