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Further Readings

These readings have been compiled by the creators of this site so that those who wish to learn more about the important topics, subjects, groups, and individuals discussed in the "How Much is Enough?" website. There are additional resources available to researchers; this list is intended as a start.

  • Davis, Cyprian. "Black Catholics in Nineteenth Century America" in U. S. Catholic Historian, volume 5, number 1, 1986.

  • -----. The History of Black Catholics in the United States. New York: Crossroads, 1990.

  • -----. "The Holy See and American Black Catholics. A Forgotten Chapter in the History of the American Church” in U. S. Catholic Historian, volume 7, numbers 2 & 3, Spring/Summer 1988.

  • Lincoln, C. Eric & Mamiya, Lawrence H. The Black Church in the African American Experience. Durham: Duke University Press, 1990.

  • McGreevy, John T. Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

  • Nickels, Marilyn Wenzke. Black Catholic Protest and the Federated Colored Catholics 1917-1933: Three Perspectives on Racial Justice. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988.

  • -----. "Thomas Wyatt Turner and the Federated Colored Catholics” in U. S. Catholic Historian, volume 7, numbers 2 & 3, Spring/Summer 1988.

  • Ochs, Steven J. Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871-1960. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990.

  • -----. "The Ordeal of the Black Priest” in U. S. Catholic Historian, volume 5, number 1, 1986.

  • Phelps, Jamie T. "John R. Slattery’s Missionary Strategies" in U. S. Catholic Historian, volume 7, numbers 2 & 3, Spring/Summer 1988.

  • Raboteau, Albert. A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History. Boston: Beacon Hill, 1995.

  • Zanca, Kenneth J., editor. American Catholics and Slavery: 1789-1866, An Anthology of Primary Documents. Lanham: University Press of America, 1994.