Subversive habits: Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle
Introduction: America's forgotten Black freedom fighters -- "Our sole wish is to do the will of God" : the early struggles of Black Catholic sisters in the United States -- "Nothing is too good for the youth of our race" : the fight for Black administered Catholic education...
| Summary: | Introduction: America's forgotten Black freedom fighters -- "Our sole wish is to do the will of God" : the early struggles of Black Catholic sisters in the United States -- "Nothing is too good for the youth of our race" : the fight for Black administered Catholic education during Jim Crow -- "Is the order Catholic enough?" : the struggle to desegregate white sisterhoods after World War II -- "I was fired up to go to Selma!" : Black sisters, the Second Vatican Council, and the fight for civil rights -- "Liberation is our first priority" : Black nuns and Black power -- "No schools, no churches!" : the fight to save Black Catholic education in the 1970s -- "The future of the Black nun is dubious" : Black sisters in the age of church decline -- Conclusion: "The Catholic Church wouldn't be Catholic if it wasn't for us". |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 394 pages), illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1478022817 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1215/9781478022817 |