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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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Part 1 THE SPANISH AND FRENCH PERIOD |
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The Brotherhood of Blessed Mary of the Blacks, Valencia, 1472 |
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3 | (2) |
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Ecclesiastical Records of St. Augustine Parish in Florida, 1796, 1812 |
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Civil and Ecclesiastical Records of Louisiana: The Code Noir, 1724 |
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6 | (6) |
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The Ursuline Nuns Limit Their Instruction of Girls of Color, 1797 |
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12 | (4) |
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Part 2 THE PRE--CIVIL WAR PERIOD |
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The Devotional Life of Blacks in the Confraternity of Mount Carmel, 1796 |
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16 | (2) |
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Portrait of a Saintly Slave, 1806 |
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18 | (2) |
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Petition of the Catholic People of Color in Philadelphia, 1817 |
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20 | (1) |
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The Clandestine Marriages of Slaves, 1839 |
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20 | (2) |
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A Catholic Mutual Benefit Society, 1843 |
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22 | (2) |
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Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in Santo Domingo, 1854 |
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24 | (1) |
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Two Letters by Pierre Toussaint, 1839 |
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25 | (3) |
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George Paddington, Black Priest from Ireland, Missionary in Haiti, Friend of Pierre Toussaint, 1836 |
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28 | (2) |
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A Black Woman's Letter to Pope Pius IX, 1853 |
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30 | (2) |
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Letter of William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez, to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, in Which He Describes His Ministry to Slaves, 1858 |
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32 | (3) |
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The Defense of Slavery: The Pastoral Letter of Monsignor the Bishop of Natchitoches on the Occasion of the War of the South for Its Independence, 1861 |
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In Defense of Slavery: A Tract for the Times, Slavery and Abolitionism Being the Substance of a Sermon Preached in the Church of St. Augustine, Florida, on the 4th Day of January, 1861, Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, by the Right Reverend A. Verot, D.D., Vicar Apostolic of Florida, 1861 |
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36 | (2) |
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The Catholic Opposition to Slavery: In Supremo Apostolatus Fastigio, 1839 |
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38 | (2) |
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Daniel O'Connell's Address against Slavery, 1833 |
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40 | (2) |
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Public Letter of Augustin Cochin, Catholic Abolitionist, against American Slavery, to Albert, Duc de Broglie, 1863 |
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42 | (1) |
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Letter of Monsignor the Bishop of Orleans to the Clergy of His Diocese on Slavery, 1862 |
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43 | (4) |
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Part 3 CONGREGATIONS OF BLACK SISTERS |
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From the ``Journal of the Sisters of Providence,'' 1829 |
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47 | (4) |
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The Journal of Sister Bernard Deggs: A History of the Sisters of the Holy Family, 1894 |
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51 | (4) |
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Part 4 THE POST--CIVIL WAR PERIOD |
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The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, the Minutes of the Extraordinary Session, October 22, 1866 |
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The Bishops' Pastoral Letter at the Close of the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1866 |
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America's First Black Catholic Priests: Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Boston, to Archbishop John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, 1859 |
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58 | (1) |
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Bishop Healy Excuses Himself from Attendance at the Third Black Catholic Congress in Philadelphia, 1891 |
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59 | (1) |
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Father Augustus Tolton to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., on His Vocation, 1890 |
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60 | (2) |
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Father Tolton Writes St. Katherine Drexel, Foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1891 |
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62 | (2) |
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Canon Benoit Notes in His Diary the Situation of Blacks in the United States, 1875 |
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Part 5 THE SOUND OF BLACK CATHOLIC VOICES |
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John R. Slattery, S.S.J., and the Education of Black Priests, 1899 |
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67 | (3) |
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The Trials of a Black Priest, John Henry Dorsey, S.S.J., to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., 1903 |
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70 | (2) |
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Black Parishioners Write to Their Bishop, 1888 |
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72 | (2) |
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Daniel Rudd, Newspaper Editor, Lecturer, Lay Leader, 1888 |
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74 | (2) |
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Daniel Rudd Explains the Proposed Congress of Black Catholics, 1888 |
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76 | (2) |
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Daniel Rudd's Two Letters to William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, 1888 |
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78 | (1) |
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The Black Catholic Lay Congresses, 1889, 1893 |
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79 | (4) |
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Charles H. Butler of Washington, D.C., ``The Condition and Future of the Negro Race,'' 1893 |
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83 | (4) |
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Part 6 THE ``COLOR LINE'' OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
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Letter of Cardinal Gotti to the Apostolic Delegate on the Treatment of Black Catholics, 1904 |
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87 | (1) |
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A Report to the Holy See on the Situation of African Americans in the United States, 1903 |
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88 | (1) |
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``The Catholic Church and the Negro,'' by Lincoln Valle: The Failure of the Catholic Church in the South to Reach Out to African Americans, 1923 |
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89 | (1) |
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Thomas Wyatt Turner, Black Catholic Lay Leader of the Twentieth Century, a Letter to an Archbishop on the Situation of Black Catholics, 1919, and Letter to the Bishops, 1932 |
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90 | (4) |
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Permission Granted to Found the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, Savannah, 1916 |
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94 | (1) |
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Chronicle of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, 1941 |
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95 | (1) |
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Decision to Form a Fraternal Order for Black Catholics, 1909 |
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96 | (1) |
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The Colored Knights in Convention, 1916 |
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97 | (1) |
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Father Peter Janser, S.V.D., Informs the American Bishops of the Establishment of a Seminary to Teach Black Students for the Priesthood, 1921 |
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98 | (3) |
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Pope Pius XI Writes to the Superior General of the Society of the Divine Word to Give Support for the Education of African American Men to the Priesthood, 1923 |
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101 | (2) |
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Part 7 MID-CENTURY: WINDS OF CHANGE |
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Poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Convert, 1946--47 |
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103 | (4) |
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The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman, by Ellen Tarry, 1955 |
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107 | (4) |
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Part 8 CIVIL RIGHTS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLICS |
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A Statement of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, 1968 |
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111 | (3) |
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The Survival of Soul: National Black Sisters' Conference Position Paper, 1969 |
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114 | (2) |
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A Black Priest Faces the Reality of Racism in the Catholic Church, 1970 |
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116 | (2) |
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The Beginning of the National Office for Black Catholics, 1970 |
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118 | (3) |
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National Office for Black Catholics, Black Perspectives on Evangelization of the Modern World, 1974 |
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121 | (3) |
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``Toward a Black Catholic Theology,'' 1977 |
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124 | (3) |
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The Black Catholic Theological Symposium, 1978 |
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127 | (4) |
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Part 9 THE CHURCH ADDRESSES RACISM |
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Bishop Vincent Waters Desegregates All Catholic Parishes in North Carolina, 1953 |
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131 | (3) |
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U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979 |
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134 | (1) |
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Black Bishops of the United States, Pastoral Letter on Evangelization, 1984 |
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135 | (2) |
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Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace, Statement on Racism, 1988 |
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137 | (3) |
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Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Black Bishops' Letter on Racism, 1989 |
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140 | (3) |
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Part 10 THE WITNESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLICS: CHALLENGE AND HOPE |
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``The Gift of Music,'' 2001 |
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143 | (2) |
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``The African American Experience and United States Roman Catholic Ethics,'' 1997 |
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145 | (1) |
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``Catholic Theology: African American Context,'' 1998 |
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146 | (2) |
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``Voice of the People, Voice of an Age,'' 1985 |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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| Index |
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