User:MichelleGachelin

I'm Michelle, an editor from the United States. I am interested in Public Policy, specifically regarding early education, as well as in healthcare disparities across disadvantaged groups in the United States. I look forward to contributing to Wikipedia and being a part of this community.

I'm planning on editing and expanding the topic of Racial segregation of churches in the United States. This topic is important because it has greatly impacted communities and individuals for centuries. It continues to be an issue in some areas of the US, and more people could benefit from access to this knowledge.

This page could use some restructuring because some of the headers are misleading and confusing. The article has a good foundation, but many of the subheadings are vague. The different denominations could also be fleshed out, especially the Baptist section as it has a clear racial divide between different Baptist churches. Additionally, some of the original author’s explanations of the relation between segregation in churches and churchgoers’ racist attitudes need clarification. We would also like to add topics such as the importance of religion to various races and current issues in church segregation.

Some of the citations that I will be using are listed below:

Beckham, Christopher. "The Paradox of Religious Segregation: White and Black Baptists in Western Kentucky, 1855-1900." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 97, no. 3 (1999): 305-22. Accessed September 10, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23383997.

Bracey, Glenn E, and Wendy Leo Moore. “‘Race Tests’: Racial Boundary Maintenance in White Evangelical Churches.” Sociological Inquiry 87, no. 2 (May 2017): 282–302.

Brown, R. Khari. “The Connection Between Worship Attendance and Racial Segregation Attitudes Among White and Black Americans.” Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) 2, no. 3 (2011): 277–296.

Cressler, Matthew J. “Black Catholic Conversion and the Burden of Black Religion.” Journal of Africana religions 2, no. 2 (2014): 280–287.

Dee Williams, Shannen. “Catholic Statements Fall Way Short: The Church Must Make Reparation for Its Role in Slavery, Segregation.” National Catholic reporter 56, no. 21 (July 24, 2020): 10–.

Eighmy, John Lee. "The Baptists and Slavery: An Examination of the Origins and Benefits of Segregation." Social Science Quarterly 49, no. 3 (1968): 666-73. Accessed September 10, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42858425.

Jeansonne, Glen. "Southern Baptist Attitudes Toward Slavery, 1845-1861." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 55, no. 4 (1971): 510-22. Accessed September 10, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40579712.

Morris, Joseph R., and Dianne T. Robinson. 1996. “Community and Christianity in the Black Church.” Counseling & Values 41 (1): 59. doi:10.1002/j.2161-007X.1996.tb00863.x.

Scola, Linda Grace. “One Mile Past the Railroad Tracks: Racial Relations, Segregation, and Reconciliation Within the Methodist Church”. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2003.

Southard, Samuel. "Segregation and Southern Churches." Journal of

Religion and Health 1, no. 3 (1962): 197-221. Accessed September 10, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27504498

Wright, Bradley R. E, Michael Wallace, Annie Scola Wisnesky, Christopher M Donnelly, Stacy Missari, and Christine Zozula. “Religion, Race, and Discrimination: A Field Experiment of How American Churches Welcome Newcomers: RELIGION, RACE, AND DISCRIMINATION.” Journal for the scientific study of religion 54, no. 2 (May 2015): 185–204.

Yancey, George. "An Examination of the Effects of Residential and Church Integration on Racial Attitudes of Whites." Sociological Perspectives 42, no. 2 (1999): 279-304. Accessed September 10, 2020. doi:10.2307/1389630.