Segregation in the US: Difference between revisions
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[https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-racial-segregation-in-church/ by Equal Justice Initiative 01/01/16] | [https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-racial-segregation-in-church/ by Equal Justice Initiative 01/01/16] | ||
The Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery often were justified by religious leaders who argued that slave owners were performing a noble Christian duty by converting and enslaving Africans, who were inferior to whites in the eyes of the church. After the Civil War, white churches supported racial hierarchy and segregation, forcing Black people to form their own churches. | The Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery often were justified by religious leaders who argued that slave owners were performing a noble Christian duty by converting and enslaving Africans, who were inferior to whites in the eyes of the church. After the Civil War, white churches supported racial hierarchy and segregation, forcing Black people to form their own churches. | ||
=====Jim Crow Laws===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-jim-crow-laws/ by PBS Shows] | |||
The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century beginning in the 1890s. The laws affected almost every aspect of daily life, mandating segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants. "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs were constant reminders of the enforced racial order. | |||
