Denominational white control pushed college-educated blacks toward separatism

Evidence

Their acculturation notwithstanding, college-bred blacks retained the “long memory” of shared oppression and patterns of mutual support that served their forebears in slavery. … Reminders of blacks’ inferior status vis-a-vis whites within the larger denomination only encouraged ideas about the unification of black Baptists into a separate and powerful force. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 283

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘long memory’ carrying across slavery ties to the ch6 claim that elite education coexisted with racial collectivism rather than displacing it. — connects to: Black Baptist separatism escalated only after white control blocked black inclusion. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 246; Well-educated blacks grew more distrustful of white racial attitudes than poorly educated blacks — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2016; White refusal to release the past drove blacks toward racial pride — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 444 (+5 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Well-educated blacks grew more distrustful of white racial attitudes than poorly educated blacks #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2016
• White refusal to release the past drove blacks toward racial pride #corroborates (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 444