Are Genesee and Orleans Counties "Sundown" counties?

Are Genesee and Orleans counties "Sundown" counties? James Loewen has an interesting article in the Spring, 2008 issue of UU World where he describes the phenomenon of Sundown towns. Here is a snippet from Loewen's article:


"I mentioned my ongoing research on American towns that are intentionally all
white—sometimes known as “sundown towns.” I invited those who knew
something about the subject to come forward and talk with me. To my amazement,
twenty people came down, and they told me stories about every town around
Decatur.

Growing up, I knew these towns were all white, but it never occurred to
me that this might be on purpose. But yes, every one of these towns
prohibited black residents, and so, that evening, the idea that intentional
sundown towns were everywhere in America, or at least everywhere in the
Midwest, hit me right between the eyes.

I resolved to write a book about the Sundown Town phenomenon. Initially,
I imagined I would find maybe ten of these communities in Illinois, where I
planned more research than in any other single state, and perhaps fifty
across the country. To my astonishment, I have found 500 sundown towns in
Illinois alone—and now estimate that, by 1970, their peak, 10,000 existed in
the UnitedStates."

As a kid growing up in Brockport, NY in the 50s I remember all the African
American migrant laborers who worked the fields of Orleans and Genesee
Counties but very few settled here and to this day the percentage of African
Americans in Genesee and Orleans counties is much lower than the national
average. Unfortunately, there is not one person of African American decent
in our church. I wonder if there is anything we can do about this?