Abstract
This chapter explores segregation in Gettysburg, examining how racial discrimination in employment, housing, and education functioned in this iconic community. In addition to revealing how Civil War Memory was frequently utilized to underscore and justify discrimination, it also provides a blueprint for understanding the workings of northern segregation in small and mid-size communities. The chapter includes significant discussion of a large-scale 1925 Ku Klux Klan rally; the establishment of black Civilian Conservation Corps camps on the battlefield during the Great Depression; segregation in public accommodations during the 1950s; and initial attempts by local civil rights activists to challenge Jim Crow.
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