Delmar and Cohoes were both Sundown Towns. Fascinating. (The Klan chapter map is also interesting for how it maps onto the locations of state prisons (Wawarsing) and also communities in which large numbers of NYPD live (Pearl River.)
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jon ben-menachem
Here's a map of sundown towns: "towns that practice a form of racial segregation via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence... The term came into use because of signs that directed "colored people" to leave town by sundown." justice.tougaloo.edu/map/
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