African Americans were finally able to recieve an education.
They had to. Jim Crow laws didn't allow for integration, so to meet their needs they had to have separate schools, cemeteries, stores, churches, restaurants and communities.
they grew quickly during reconstruction
Churches
They included African traditions in their services.
1. During reconstruction, African-Americans founded their own churches, which often became center of the African-American community, and the only institutions that African-Americans fully controlled. Also, with 95% of African-American slaves being illiterate, former slaves acquired education to become economically self-sufficient.
Churches
The most visible new black organizations in the South were churches that were built during the period. Black churches not only provided African-Americans with spiritual sustenance, but also gave them a place for political, social and other important activities to take place
They had to. Jim Crow laws didn't allow for integration, so to meet their needs they had to have separate schools, cemeteries, stores, churches, restaurants and communities.
CHURCHES !! (31409)
they grew quickly during reconstruction
Churches
Churches
They worship in small congregation. This was before the establishment churches.
Catholic Churches have a lot of organizations, you would have to contact your local parish to find out what theirs were.
African Americans churches
They included African traditions in their services.
There are in excess of 52,000 Baptist churches in the United States. There are more than 17.5 Americans who are members of these churches.