Summary: Aspects Of Racial Integration

Integration was mostly a response to pressure from the black community and an attempt to improve their image not only for the educational institutions like SMU but other organizations like the United Methodist Church. In the Church, it might have been expected that integration would mostly be encouraged because people were beginning to realize and believe that all humans were created by God. Instead, its motives are as much a question of image preservation and pressure. In the article, “Aspects of Racial Integration in the Methodist Church,” the structure of the Methodist Church was explained. While the Methodist Church was segregated, all of the churches were broken into conferences based on geographical distribution. However, all black churches were placed into one jurisdiction called the central jurisdiction. According to the article “many churchmen in the south expected it to be permanent”, however discussions and consideration of integration was forced on the church by World War II and the civil rights movement. In his dissertation, Cashion states that “It is not a shock that the … conference was a little more concerned about ending racial structures within the …show more content…
One of the fraternities at SMU had a confederate flag attached to their house and celebrated Old South week. When reported to authorities, they were told that it was student organized and it could not be addressed. So, they took independent action to stop Old South Week by removing the confederate flag at a crucial moment in the celebration and burnt smaller confederate flags. The administrations’ neglect to protect the rights and welfare of its students and to make the university a conducive learning environment, a responsibility that the University owes to all of its students including its black