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Author Johnson, Karen J., author

Title One in Christ : Chicago catholics and the quest for interracial justice / Karen J. Johnson
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Cover; One in Christ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Black Bodies, White Church; 2. Catholic Action versus Black Protest; 3. White Partners; 4. Communism and Interracial Justice; 5. Radical Love; 6. Respectability; 7. Who Is My Neighbor?; 8. The National Movement; Conclusion: Chicago Freedom Summer, 1966; Notes; Index
Summary When Martin Luther King, Jr. marched in Chicago in 1966, he joined black and white lay Catholics who had worked together for civil rights for more than forty years. One in Christ traces the development of Catholic interracial activism from the ground up, demonstrating that accounting for religion is crucial to understanding race and civil rights in the North
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2018)
Subject Catholic Church -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Race discrimination -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Church and social problems -- Catholic Church.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Church and social problems -- Catholic Church
Race discrimination
Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190618988
0190618981
0190619007
9780190619008