Editing Bluffton, Indiana (section)

=== African American history ===
Bluffton is one of the first towns in Indiana, and across [[United States|America]], to both publicly acknowledge its history of exclusion as a [[sundown town]] and to promote itself as an inclusive town. In 2006, Bluffton was featured in ''[[USA Today]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=El Nasser |first=Haya |date=August 4, 2006 |title=Small Indiana Town Singing Tune of Racial, Ethnic Harmony |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-03-inclusive-inside_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052947/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-03-inclusive-inside_x.htm |archive-date=2012-10-23 |access-date=2024-10-08 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> as an inclusive town that was putting up welcoming, inclusive signs at all local schools as well as at the entrances of three state highways. Mayor Ted Ellis was noted in the article for his helping Bluffton become one of the first to join the [[National League of Cities]]' ''Partnership for Working Toward Inclusive Communities''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National League of Cities Official Website<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.nlc.org/resources_for_cities/programs___services/inclusive_communities_partnership/7952.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019130814/http://www.nlc.org/resources_for_cities/programs___services/inclusive_communities_partnership/7952.aspx |archive-date=October 19, 2007}}</ref>