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Author Williams, Shannen Dee, 1982- author.

Title Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle / Shannen Dee Williams
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 394 pages) : illustrations
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents 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"
Summary "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' lives and labors as pioneering Black religious leaders, educators, healthcare professionals, desegregation foot soldiers, Black power activists, and womanist theologians. This book also turns attention to female religious life in the Roman Catholic Church as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation-and in turn an important battleground of the long African American freedom struggle"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject African American nuns -- History -- 20th century
African American Catholics -- History -- 20th century
Women in the Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic.
African American Catholics
African American nuns
Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Women in the Catholic Church
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021032232
ISBN 1478022817
9781478022817