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Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle /
"In this groundbreaking study, Shannen Dee Williams offers the first full historical treatment of Black Catholic sisters in the United States. Drawing upon a host of untapped sources, including previously sealed church records and oral histories, Subversive Habits recovers Black sisters' l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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".