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Civil rights crisis and church silence in America
An examination of racism in white Christianity and politics, critiquing tokenism under Kennedy, the Alabama showdown, and the call for moral action. The piece condemns southern resistance, praises Kennedy's civil rights stance, and urges clergy and Catholics to speak up, urging humanity over race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Alabama
United States
Congress
America
Mississippi
New Orleans
Atlanta
National Catholic Conference For Interracial Justice
West Virginia
Texas
Cals Mater Et Magistra
Pacem
the Grail
Caritas
Jacques Maritain
Thomas Merton
Louis Lomas
Lillian Smith
P. D. East
Sarah Patton Boyle
Dwight L. Dumond