Sex, Segregation, and the Sacred after Brown

Sex, Segregation, and the Sacred after Brown

The religious history of the civil rights movement is strangely one-sided but the opponents of civil rights also used religion in their cause. Dailey argues that historians have underestimated the role of religion in supporting segregation as well as in dismantling it. Viewing the civil rights movem...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2004-06, Vol.91 (1), p.119-144
1. Verfasser: Dailey, Jane
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
American history
Baptists
Christianity
Churches
Civil rights movements
Protest marches
Racial segregation
Religion
Religious segregation
Segregation
Theology
White people
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Zusammenfassung:The religious history of the civil rights movement is strangely one-sided but the opponents of civil rights also used religion in their cause. Dailey argues that historians have underestimated the role of religion in supporting segregation as well as in dismantling it. Viewing the civil rights movement as a contest over Christian orthodoxy helps explain the arguments made by both sides and the strategic actions they took.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
1936-0967
DOI:10.2307/3659617