The Legacy of Segregation in America

Oklahoma City, 1939

During this time of unprecedented protest against racism in America-- and around the world-- The History Channel recently updated an interesting article about the history of institutionalized segregation in America:

Segregation in the United States:

After the United States abolished slavery, black Americans continued to be marginalized through enforced segregated and diminished access to facilities, housing, education—and opportunities...

 President Kennedy addresses the nation on racism in America (June 11, 1963)

Links and References

Racial Segregation in the United States

Birth of a Nation

Baseball Color Line 

 Executive Order 9981

The March on Washington

(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

Nixon and the Southern Strategy