1.   Black churches formed in the face of the bigotry of established churches, which either barred blacks from membership or limited their participation, often segregating them in balconies.

2.   He used his friendship and considerable influence with recalcitrant governors, adjutants general and other guard officials in the South and elsewhere where guard units routinely barred blacks.

3.   In parts of Benghazi, blacks were barred from public transport and hospitals.

4.   In Orkney, police officers complained about supervisors who bar blacks from sharing toilets or spoons with white colleagues.

5.   The churches barred blacks from attending.

6.   This came at a time when blacks were sometimes barred from voting, attending public school and from testifying in court.

7.   Years ago, discrimination and poverty barred blacks from nursing homes, or rest homes, as assisted-living facilities are known in North Carolina.

8.   At the time, blacks were barred from every other new suburban development in the region.

9.   But there have been several incidents of whites trying to bar blacks from schools.

10.   In those days, blacks were barred from the university pool even though swimming was a graduation requirement.