Churches and Urban Government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994

Index

Aberbach, David, 133 Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York), 115, 151–52 Adams, Rev. Charles, 139 Adams, Rev. Frank D., 49 Adams-Parkhurst Presbyterian Church (New York), 97, 98 African Americans, 8, 45; black nationalism , 77; of Caribbean origin, 152; civil rights movement and, 63; Council of Churches of the City of New York and, 113–14; denominational directorships held by, 78; in Detroit, 69–70, 108; Jackson presidential candidacy and, 150; mayors, 12; in New York City, 64, 70, 107–8; Protestant Council and, 98–99, 101, 167; quest for political acceptance , 148–54; relations with Jews, 64, 154. See also black churches almsgiving, 19 American Baptist Church, 77, 154 American Federation of Catholic Societies, 20 American Political Science Association, 8 American Protective Association (APA), 19, 31 American Social Christianity, 13, 18, 157, 158 anti-Semitism, 148, 150 Anton, Thomas, 110 Arafat, Yasser, 150 Archbishop’s Committee on Human Relations, 87 Arrington, Richard, 141 Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor, 40 Atha, Arthur, 98 Austin, Richard, 138 Baart, Father Peter, 31 Baldwin, Henry, 54 Ballenger, John F., 49 Baptists, 77, 108, 154 Baraka, Amiri, 142 Barat Club, 28–29 Beame, Abraham, 76, 110, 114 bipartisan government, 15 black churches, 12, 128–30; Detroit politics and, 130–34; Mayor Young’s later years and, 139–46; ministers’ conferences, 168–70; political campaigns in New York and, 148–54 black nationalism, 128–30, 134–35, 151 Board of Rabbis (New York), 110, 115, 154 Boggs, Grace, 130–31 Bond, Julian, 141 Boone, Rev. T. S., 134, 135 Bowles, Charles, 48 Bradby, Rev. Robert, 136 Brandt, Lillian, 41 Brawley, Tawana, 150 Brooklyn, parish of, 33, 43–46, 51 Index 183 Brooklyn Church and Mission Society, 33, 51, 53 Brooklyn Diocese, 110 Brooklyn Eagle, The, 33 Brooklyn Tablet, The, 39, 45 Brown, H. Rap, 129 Browne, Ernest, 139, 140 Buckley, Charles, 104 Bush, George H. W., 109, 112 Butler, Rev. Charles, 119, 138, 139, 144, 145–46 Butler, Keith, 140 Butts, Rev. Calvin O., 115, 149 Byrnes, Timothy, 85, 161 Cahalan, Msgr. Florence, 43 capitalism, 19 Carmichael, Stokely, 129 Carpenter, Rev. J. Henry, 54 Carter, Jimmy, 80 Carter administration, 110, 112, 141 Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York), 78 Catholic Big Brothers, 44–45 Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, 35, 52 Catholic Church, 9, 13, 157, 172; bishops of, 30–32; diocesan hierarchies, 12; European immigrants and, 19; structure of, 165 Catholic Orphan Asylum Society, 44 Catholics, 2, 17, 101; in Brooklyn, 43–46; civil rights era and, 83–88; disparities with Protestants, 165–67; industrial age and, 19–21; mayors of New York City, 45; New Deal and, 38–39; in reform age, 28–30; responses to Great Depression, 42–52; in suburbs, 8; transformation of inner cities and, 119–22; urban populations of, 88 Cavanagh, Jerome P., 64–65, 68, 88, 120, 135, 167 Census Bureau, 34 Central Congregationalist Church (Detroit), 131, 139 charities, Catholic, 28–30, 35, 50, 60, 112 charities, Protestant, 40 Charity Organization Society, 40 children, 29, 73, 160; child labor, 38, 158; juvenile delinquents, 45 Christian Communication Council of Metropolitan Detroit Churches (CCCMDC), 118, 119, 145 Christian League, 19 Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor (CAIL), 18 churches: budgets of, 22; city hall and, 4; formation of federations, 159–60; industrial age and, 17–21; leaders, 3–4; malaise of councils of churches, 112–19; organizations, 1; resources of, 4; social ideals of, 36; social welfare programs, 10; urban political influence of, 170–73. See also Catholic Church; specific Protestant churches “Church Farm” case (1893), 30 church-state relationship, 7, 164, 173 cities, 11, 13, 109, 158 citizens’ associations, 3 Citizens League for Fair Play, 151 Citizens Union, 100 City Task Force (Detroit), 124, 125 City Vigilant, The, 27 civic-educational approach, 93–94 Civil Rights acts, 62 civil rights era, 11, 12, 62; in Detroit, 64–70; in New York City, 63–64; organizations, 7; white weariness of, 129 184 Index Civil War, 17, 19 Civil Works Administration, 42 Cleage, Rev. Albert, 131, 132, 135, 139 Cleveland, Clyde, 143 coalition building, 4 Cobo, Albert E., 65 Coler, Bird S., 52, 53 Colton, Elizabeth, 151 Committee of Denominational Executives (CODE), 81 Committee on Christian Social Relations, 105 Committee on Protestant Responsibility in Political Life (CPRPL), 98–101, 104, 106, 167 communism, 39, 54, 85, 136–37, 151 Congress, 6–7, 24, 112, 153...