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Type of Document Dissertation Author Poche, Justin David Author's Email Address jpoche@nd.edu URN etd-04202007-132509 Title Religion, Race, and Rights in Catholic Louisiana, 1938-1970 Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department History Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title R. Scott Appleby Committee Chair John T. McGreevy Committee Co-Chair Gaines Foster Committee Member Richard Pierce Committee Member Keywords
- Race
- Rerum Novarum
- Mystical Body
- Twomey
- Fichter
- Rummel
- Tureaud
- Josephites
- Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
- desegregation
- integration
- African American
- white resistance
Date of Defense 2007-04-10 Availability unrestricted Abstract Away from the traditionally understood flashpoints and well-known actors within the civil rights struggle, South Louisiana and its most significant social and religious institution offer an essential case for examining the complex interplay of religion and racial consciousness in the twentieth century south. Tracing the religious sources of progressive activism and conservative reaction in the region, I argue that Catholicism, as both an institution and an ideology, decisively shaped how Louisianans, both African American and white, understood and acted upon the mid-century struggle for human rights. From unionization and voter registration efforts among black Catholic communities in the 1940s to the integration of Catholic institutions and the white backlash that followed, the Catholic experience in Louisiana encapsulated a variety of social and political conflicts. Into these confrontations, Louisiana Catholics wove intense religious struggles over the nature of religious authority, spiritual fulfillment, and social liberation. A close study of their experience reveals in important ways both the complexity and the intensity of the larger struggle over the meaning of race in twentieth century America.Files
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