Tag: Segregation and Desegregation

How Greenwood, Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’, Grew a Thriving Economy

W.E.B. Du Bois saw the key to Black prosperity in places like Tulsa, where Black residents patronized Black stores. Even today it serves as a model.

Decades on From Peace, Northern Ireland Schools Are Still Deeply Divided

The nation’s school system still sees the country’s pupils starkly divided by their religious backgrounds, years after the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to sectarian strife.

‘Different from the Other Southerners’: Jimmy Carter’s Relationship with Black America

How a white politician from the South who once supported segregationist policies eventually won the enduring support of Black voters.