Segregation Policy Quotes
Reconstruction was the period in the South after the Civil War. The change that emancipation brought to the white South was traumatic, and there was a constant struggle between those who wanted the Blacks to be integrated into Southern Society—and those Southerners who wanted to create a society that would be as close to slavery as possible, So the Klu Klux Klan and other terrorist organizations formed and with lynching and other intimidation, much of the initial progress of Reconstruction was rolled back and did not get reinstated until the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts were passed in 1964.
The fact that God had created distinct races was sufficient for Fallwell and many other racist clerics to assume that this meant that they should not learn together in the same schoolroom—an interesting theological leap. It is ironic but religion has been one of the most positive forces helping to end slavery and legal discrimination in America. At the same time, religion has served as one of the must substantial justifications for slavery, racism and discrimination.
