... religious leaders. These were one of the first occurrences of the "American way of thinking " when the religious rebels adopted the notion of individualism and religious liberty. Religious Diversity After the American Revolution, officially declaring themselves independent from England, the need to determine America's true identity heightened. In the turn of the 19th century, another revival movement spread through the nation. The Second Great Awakening, like the first, expressed that everyone could ... be saved from damnation through rebirth and led to many reform movements and the bir...

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... and of itself tacitly implied racial inferiority and, furthermore, that such systems could never be equal in any realistic way. The school board argued otherwise. "The request for an injunction put the court in a difficult decision. On the one hand, the judges agreed with the expert witnesses; in their decision, they wrote: "Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental ... century. "Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is req...

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... and of itself tacitly implied racial inferiority and, furthermore, that such systems could never be equal in any realistic way. The school board argued otherwise. "The request for an injunction put the court in a difficult decision. On the one hand, the judges agreed with the expert witnesses; in their decision, they wrote: "Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental ... century. "Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is req...

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• Has Bibliography