/after-the-sun-goes-down The Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau explores how an untold history of exclusion and racism in Western sundown towns haunts the region and affects residents of color today. en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 22:57:08 GMT /culture-identity/2021-09-30/we-were-here-first-native-american-mexican-residents-reflect-on-life-in-loveland-a-former-sundown-town Today, things have gotten better in many ways, three generations of the Adame and Crespin family told KUNC. In many other ways, they added, the racism has remained or gotten worse. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 22:57:08 GMT /culture-identity/2021-09-30/we-were-here-first-native-american-mexican-residents-reflect-on-life-in-loveland-a-former-sundown-town Adam Rayes /2021-09-13/loveland-colorado-splinters-over-racist-sundown-town-past-and-increasingly-diverse-future Several moments during the last two years have reflected race-based problems in Loveland — at city council, school and library board meetings, during protests and in Facebook groups. Often, a key point of contention for some residents is whether racism even exists in the city, or ever did. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:11:34 GMT /2021-09-13/loveland-colorado-splinters-over-racist-sundown-town-past-and-increasingly-diverse-future Adam Rayes /2021-09-13/in-nevada-sundown-town-history-has-cultural-impacts-for-washoe-tribal-members Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:06:44 GMT /2021-09-13/in-nevada-sundown-town-history-has-cultural-impacts-for-washoe-tribal-members Paul Boger, KUNR /2021-09-13/despite-its-optics-an-idaho-college-town-remains-a-complicated-place-for-people-of-color Today, Moscow’s brief history as a probable sundown town seems a continent away. The northern Idaho town of 25,000 saw multiple racial justice protests last year. Black Lives Matter signs line the windows of Moscow’s downtown restaurants and cafes. But some people of color still feel uneasy here. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:59:03 GMT /2021-09-13/despite-its-optics-an-idaho-college-town-remains-a-complicated-place-for-people-of-color Robyn Vincent /2021-09-13/chinese-miners-faced-racism-violence-as-mountain-west-sundown-towns-excluded-them Sundown towns once drove out people of color or prohibited them from living within city limits. This practice started in the late 19th century, but the impact continues today. In Colorado, Chinese immigrants flocked to the state to find gold. They were tolerated in some mining camps and run out of others. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:37:00 GMT /2021-09-13/chinese-miners-faced-racism-violence-as-mountain-west-sundown-towns-excluded-them Stephanie Daniel