Blacks did manage to remove themselves from the control of white churches and establish their own places of worship. These would become vital to Black communities throughout the South and would later serve to promote efforts to challenge segregation many years later. The educational systems established, though segregated and severely underfunded, did provide the beginnings of efforts to educate Black children. This was important for a group that had been denied literacy as a part of law during
Blacks did manage to remove themselves from the control of white churches and establish their own places of worship. These would become vital to Black communities throughout the South and would later serve to promote efforts to challenge segregation many years later. The educational systems established, though segregated and severely underfunded, did provide the beginnings of efforts to educate Black children. This was important for a group that had been denied literacy as a part of law during