Religion

• What did White Churches do to help with black americans?

  They sponsored missions and opened schools for black Americans as well as aiding the general welfare of Southern black Americans
• What did most black Americans join?

  Independent black churches
• What were notable black churches?

  AME and AMEZ
• How many members did AME and AMEZ have?

  Hundreds of thousands of black members 10 years after the abolition of slavery
• What Southern-based church was set up?

  The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church set up by black leaders in 1870
• Why did black churches help to develop a form of black consciousness and protest?

  Indignation meetings
• What were indignation meetings?

  They were meetings in which black Americans were able to discuss issues which affected them
• Where was a national religious meeting?

  The 1927 Baptist Convention in Detroit
• What occurred after the abolishment of slavery?

  There was a massive growth of Churches within the South