Segregation In America In The 1930s

“ If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step to real humanity”. This quote was once said by a man named Nelson Demille. In the 1930s, in the south's social injustice system of Jim Crow Laws impacted lives of not just blacks but whites as well. It caused many disputes and problems between the two races. To this day we still have racial tensions in the air but not with just these two groups. But as the years developed we have had great progress to create a better future and a better US. Being in the South during the 1930s influenced many things. Starting off with the segregation of blacks and whites but as years advanced common everyday places have desegregated or are close to desegregation. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates segregation in the church place. “ You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here -- they got their church, we got our’n” ( Lee pdf 120). At the time Segregation had not been a one-sided situation. At the time African Americans did not feel they had to treat Whites with respect. …show more content…
Even though Segregation was a big part of the South in the past there have been great strives to Integrate churches. “At least 80% of the congregation, one-in-five now worship in congregations where no single racial or ethnic group predominates in such a way” (Lipka). Now in time African Americans and Whites along with other racial groups attend the same churches and can get along in the church. Churches have become more diverse in the recent years. Whilst some churches still have one main ethnic or racial group, there are churches all over the U.S that have