For the past two months, one of us (Chris) has been teaching a class on the history of Black Catholics in the United States. This week, we’re talking about some of that history and the consequences it has for the life of the Church in America today.
Show Notes
The History of Black Catholics in the United States by Cyprian Davis
A Black Patriot and a White Priest by Stephen J. Ochs
Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests by Stephen J. Ochs
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel Swarns
From Sharecropper to Scientist: The Memoir of Thomas Wyatt Turner, Ph.D. edited by Marilyn Wenzke Nickels
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas
The Whitney Plantation Museum (Louisiana)
Mansfield Plantation Story (South Carolina)
Nottoway Plantation (Louisiana)

















