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On the recordApril 27, 2021
I discovered early on when I moved to Missouri after HBCU Prairie View at Indiana University that Missouri had, I think, seven sundown towns.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Al Green discusses the historical issue of sundown towns in Missouri.

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