In regards to segregation, are we saying maybe the south did have it right? Worth a reconsideration.
Following Reconstruction and prior to LBJ's Civil Rights Acts, it's often been recorded that blacks and whites in the south got along just fine.
There were, however, a very strict set of rules that both races followed to ensure harmony.
Blacks were offered opportunities to thrive and prosper, as were whites. And many in both races did.
And then Jewish college kids from the North showed up and demanded this entire system be upended.
And it was.