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the City of Inglewood was predominately white up until the 1960s. It was also a sundown town, where signs were posted warning blacks that they weren t welcome in town after dark. Homes were even sold with restrictive covenants legally forbidding selling to black families.

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Fun Fact: the City of Inglewood was predominately white up until the 1960s. It was also a “sundown town,” where signs were posted warning blacks that they weren’t welcome in town after dark. Homes were even sold with restrictive covenants legally forbidding selling to black families.

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