Title

To Be Both Black and Catholic

Award Recipient

Cyprian Davis

Files

Publication Date

1/1/2006

Description

Fr. Davis reflects on his own history of becoming Catholic and eventually a Benedictine monk as an African American. He tells of his formation and later of the various developments that challenged the Black Catholic community in America, including the Civil Rights Movement and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the subsequent riots.

Keywords

Marianists, African Americans, Benedictines, American Catholic experience, Marianist Award

Call Number

US. CATH BX 1407.N4 D262 2007

Permission Statement

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Recommended Citation

Davis, Cyprian, "To Be Both Black and Catholic" (2006). Marianist Award Lectures. 2.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uscc_marianist_award/2