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==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <!--A--> <ref name="About Us">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cityofvidor.com/about-us |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=CityOfVidor.com}}</ref> <!--B--> <ref name="Baltimore-Sun 1993 Sep 3">{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1993 |title=Black Flees Mean Town, Dies in Next Gentle Giant Victim of Robbers |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-09-03-1993246175-story.html |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=1 (section A) |language=en-US |type=dateline: Houston β article, by J. Michael Kennedy, is from the [[Los Angeles TimesβWashington Post News Service]] |edition=Final |volume=313 |issue=95 |ref={{SfnRef|''Baltimore Sun'', September 3,|1993|p= }} |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622112104/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-09-03-1993246175-story.html |url-status=live }} {{ProQuest|306458805}} (US Newsstream database).</ref> <!--C--> <ref name="CNN 2006 Dec 13">{{Cite news |last=Oppenheim |first=Keith |date=December 13, 2006 |title=Texas City Haunted by 'No Blacks After Dark' Past |url=https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/oppenheim.sundown.town/ |access-date=January 6, 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |location=Vidor, Texas |ref={{SfnRef|''CNN'', December 13,|2006}} |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114060815/http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/oppenheim.sundown.town/ |url-status=live }} <div style="margin-left:3em"> One of the first African-American residents, Bill Simpson, was murdered soon after he arrived.</div></ref> <!--H--> <ref name="Texas-Monthly 2020 Jun 6">{{Cite journal |last=Hooks |first=Christopher |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Black Lives Matter Comes to Vidor β Yes, Vidor |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/black-lives-matter-vidor/ |journal=[[Texas Monthly]] |language=en |access-date=August 5, 2020 |ref={{SfnRef|Hooks, June 6,|2020|p=}} |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730201909/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/black-lives-matter-vidor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--I--> <ref name="The-Independent 2020 Jun 18">{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Richard |date=June 18, 2020 |title=Vidor Was Known for Its KKK Past β Then Black Lives Matter Came to Town |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/vidor-texas-kkk-black-lives-matter-protests-a9571156.html |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en |ref={{SfnRef|''The Independent'', June 18,|2020|}} |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114121414/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/vidor-texas-kkk-black-lives-matter-protests-a9571156.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--L--> <!-- Not in use <ref name="LATimes 1993 Feb 9">{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''Los Angeles Times, February 9,|1993|p=}} |last1=''Los Angeles Times, The'' |author-link1=The Los Angeles Times |last2=Kennedy |first2=J. Michael |date=February 9, 1993 |title=Race Relations: Klan's Back on Old Turf in Texas β A Federal Judge's Order to Desegregate Public Housing Brings Protests by the KKK |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-09-mn-1294-story.html |type=Dateline: Vidor, Tex. |department=National Desk |access-date=February 12, 2021 |url-access=subscription |language=en-US |volume=112 |issue=68 |page=6 (section A) }} β {{ISSN|0458-3035}} (publication) β {{ProQuest|281916567}} (US Newsstream database) (article); {{Cite book |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/712030344/ |title=''Alternate link 1'' |edition=Los Angeles}} β {{cite book |title=''alternate link 2'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/712031327/ |url-access=subscription |edition=Washington |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}.</ref> Not in use--> <ref name="LATimes 1993 Sep 3">{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''Los Angeles Times,'' September 3,|1993|p=}} |last=Kennedy |first=J. Michael |date=September 3, 1993 |title='Gentle Giant' Escapes Klan Fear in Vain, Dies at Hands of Gang |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-03-mn-31279-story.html |type=Dateline: Houston |department=National Desk |access-date=February 12, 2021 |url-access=subscription |language=en-US |volume=112 |issue=274 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928212541/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-03-mn-31279-story.html |url-status=live }} β {{ISSN|0458-3035}} (publication) β {{ProQuest|}} (US Newsstream database) (article) β {{ProQuest|421150595}} (US Newsstream database) (article) β {{Cite book |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/712026818/ |title=''Alternate link 1'' |page=18 (section A) |url-access=subscription }} {{cite book |title=''Alternate link 2'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/712027690/ |url-access=subscription |page=5 (section A) |edition=Washington |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928211131/http://www.newspapers.com/image/712027690/ |url-status=live }}.</ref> <ref name="Loewen 2005">{{Cite book |last=Loewen |first=James William (1942β2021) |author-link=James W. Loewen |title=Sundown Towns β A Hidden Dimension of American Racism |date=2005 |publisher=[[The New Press]] |isbn=1-5658-4887-X |edition=hardcover |location=[[New York City|New York]] |pages=7, 212, 276, 348, 444 |language=en-US |lccn=2005043855 |oclc=61441130 |ref={{SfnRef|Loewen,|2005|p= }}}} <ol type="i" start="1"> <li> {{hanging indent|text={{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPxJ_aG_B-8C&pg=PAPP1 |title=''Via Google Books'' |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-59558-674-2 |type=limited review |ref={{SfnRef|Loewen, Google, 1st copy,|2005|p= }} |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806044309/https://books.google.com/books?id=FPxJ_aG_B-8C&pg=PAPP1#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live |last1=Loewen |first1=James |publisher=The New Press }} }} <li> {{hanging indent|text={{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abhIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PAPP1 |title=''Via Google Books'' |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-62097-454-4 |type=limited review |ref={{SfnRef|Loewen, Google, 2nd copy,|2005|p= }} |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094416/https://books.google.com/books?id=abhIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PAPP1 |url-status=live |last1=Loewen |first1=James W. |publisher=The New Press }} }} <li> {{hanging indent|text={{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sundowntownshidd0000loew/page/n7/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater |title=''Via Internet Archive (Marygrove College)'' |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-56584-887-0 |ref={{SfnRef|, Internet Archive (Marygrove College),|2005|p= }} |url-access=registration |last1=Loewen |first1=James W. |publisher=New Press }} }}</ol></ref> <!--W--> <ref name="WaPo 1993 Sep 3">{{Cite news |last=Pressley Montes |first=Sue Anne |date=September 3, 1993 |title=A New Residence and a Tradegy β Forced Out of One Texas Town, Black Man Is Killed on Street |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/09/03/a-new-residence-and-a-tragedy/40806717-7d3e-4540-be53-7602edbfe1f8/ |access-date=June 8, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=4 (section A) |ref={{SfnRef|''Washington Post'', September 3,|1993}} |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609080802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/09/03/a-new-residence-and-a-tragedy/40806717-7d3e-4540-be53-7602edbfe1f8/ |url-status=live }} {{ProQuest|307675622}} (US Newsstream); {{ProQuest|408163601}} (US Newsstream).</ref> }}
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