Talk:Anna, Illinois

message: I'm curious about how this city was named.  I recently heard it was an acronym for "Aint No N****** Allowed".
If true shouldn't this be mentioned somehow.  I did find some reference to this on the web but not much (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/schedule/2005/11/30/day/).
Anna was the name of the daughter of the founder of that town. It was tagged with the (ain't no niggers allowed) after the 1909 lynching of a black man in Cairo IL. 98 years later the town is mostly white, but as far as i can tell that has nothing to do with blacks not being allowed in town.  It seems that the issue was only brought up so James Loewen would sell his book at the expense of the good people of Southern Illinois. If a Town were to exclude a race today the federal government would step in.
On 3/26/2008, someone reverted this addition that I had made to the Anna entry:
Most of the African Americans in Anna are residents of the Illinois State Mental Hospital. In 1909, white residents of Anna drove out its black population. For most of the twentieth century, Anna was a sundown town; at times it posted signs to that effect at its city limits. Although named for the wife of the founder in 1854, many residents and residents of nearby towns believe "Anna" stands for the acronym "Ain't No Niggers Allowed."James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns, 3, 21-23, 28, 95, 182, 306-07, 383-84.
They provided no reason for striking the paragraph.  The paragraph is historically accurate and footnoted.  Please do not strike it again.  Thank you. Jloewen (talk) 13:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There are several issues here.  First of all, such a paragraph doesn't belong in the middle of the "demographics" section.  If it belongs anywhere, it would be in a "history" section; that the town was a "sundown town" may well deserve mention in such a section.  Secondly, the statement "Most of the African Americans in Anna are residents of the Illinois State Mental Hospital" is not historical as stated, in the present tense.  Thirdly, "many residents and residents of nearby towns believe..." seems to be an opinion and is also stated in the present tense.  Perhaps a re-working of the paragraph into a history section would be a good solution.  Apparently it was a sundown town, and apparently it was named for the founder's wife; but are the issues of what the residents believe and of the mental hospital relevant or useful?  Omnedon (talk) 00:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

text: The footnote you mention is to your own book.  Has this been peer-reviewed in any way?   I think there should be multiple independent references cited for the 'sundown town' blurb to remain. --71.107.95.228 (talk) 17:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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message: Why are there no pictures of the sign? I find it hard to believe that some one would not have taken a picture of a sign that said ‘N-words, don’t let the sun go down on you here”.
Sundown towns were a reality. And I have seen pix of real ‘whites only after dark’ signs. I simply wonder if this particular sign actually existed. There were decades to take pictures of it, after all. 67.164.28.137 (talk) 04:22, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
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message: The infobox shows a map of Illinois with the caption "Location of Anna in Illinois". However, there is nothing in the map to indicate the location. Compare this to similar articles such as Jonesboro, Illinois, where there is a red dot to indicate the location. 67.160.69.105 (talk) 17:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: by Omnedon Art LaPella (talk) 15:54, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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message: The History section first says that "It was founded by Winstead Davie and named after Anna Davie, his wife" but then later says "Its name derives from the acronym standing for "Ain't No Niggers Allowed." Which is it?  (I'm going to guess that it's the former and that the later is just a folk etymoloy, but am curious.) 2600:1702:6D0:5160:51DE:928F:78FD:AE37 (talk) 19:14, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
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