Churches During The Civil Rights Movement

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Churches have been one of America’s greatest institutions throughout history. They have done great services for the world through their missions, donations, and support. American churches have also always been segregated in some way. The white churches were almost always superior to colored ones, especially during the civil rights movement. While white church-goers supported people in places such as Africa, they ignored the group in their own country which needed them most: African Americans. Churches belonging to the white race were highly hypocritical due to their lack of support for peaceful African Americans throughout the mid 20th century. In a story from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra hosts a missionary tea in the

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