Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism, 1947-1956

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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction: New Orleans, the Land of Creoles and Catholics 1 Chapter I. The Genesis of Southern Catholic Interracialism, 1917–1947 11 Chapter II. Interracial Agitation: Raising Awareness, 1948 26 Chapter III. Interracial Activism: Belief in Practice, 1948–1949 50 Chapter IV. Catholic Choice: Jim Crowism or Jesus Christ, 1949–1952 72 Chapter V. “Norman Francis Is a Negro”: Desegregating Catholic Colleges, 1952–1953 98 Chapter VI. Bearing Fruit: Catholic Interracialism in the Age of Brown, 1952–1956 111 Chapter VII. The Rise of Southern Catholic Resistance, 1955–1956 142 Chapter VIII. The Death of Southern Catholic Interracialism, 1956 165 Chapter IX. Southern Catholics, Martin Luther King, Jr., and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 190 Appendix A. Population of Catholic College Students in New Orleans, 1947–1956 199 Anderson final pages 8/10/05 9:15 AM Page vii Appendix B. Manhattanville Resolutions 201 Appendix C. Resolution Passed by Members of the Southeastern Regional Interracial Commission, Summer, 1948 202 Appendix D. Resolution 5C 48-10 Passed by the Delegates to the Fifth National Congress of the National Federation of Catholic College Students, 1948 203 Appendix E. Resolution 5C 48-17 Passed by the Delegates to the Fifth National Congress of the National Federation of Catholic College Students, 1948 204 Appendix F. Concerning Inter-racial Relations at Loyola University 205 Appendix G. Working Draft and Final Resolution Passed at First Regional Congress of the NFCCS, 1949 208 Appendix H. Resolution Introduced by the Delegates from the New York-New Jersey Region at the Tenth National Congress of the NFCCS, 1953 210 Appendix I. Resolution to be Presented to the Dads’ Club of the Holy Name of Jesus School on October 24, 1955 211 Notes 213 Bibliography 263 Index 283 viii  Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism 1947–1956 Anderson final pages 8/10/05 9:15 AM Page viii ...