jan 1, 1965 - Churches spearhead "White Flight"

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In the period post Civil Rights, white churches, along with their members, moved outside cities into the newly created suburbs, promoting and prompting what is known as white flight. (Color, 127). While also actively opposing desegregation in their neighborhoods, where in places like Atlanta church leaders discouraged their white families from selling their homes to black people. (Color, 145).

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