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30. Sr. M. Charles Borromeo Muckenhirn, C.S.C., “Religious Poverty,” in Vows but No Walls: An Analysis of Religious Life, ed. Eugene E. Grollnes (St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1967), 63; Sr. Mary Berchmans Shea, O.S.U., “Protest Movements and Convent Life,” in The New Nuns, ed. Sr. Charles Borromeo, C.S.C. (New York: New American Library, 1967), 57.

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35. Mrs. Myron Greismer to “Your Excellency [Bishop Edward Hoban],” May 14, 1964, “Issues/Racism” file, Archives of the Diocese of Cleveland.

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39. “Nun Demonstrators Marched Off to Jail; But Marches Continue,” The New World, June 18, 1965, 28; Cook, Bruce, “Nuns' Arrest in Chicago Brings Soul Searching in Civil Rights Ranks,” National Catholic Reporter 1 (June 23, 1965): 1.Google Scholar

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41. See Hunter, Culture Wars; and Wuthnow, The Restructuring of American Religion.

42. Reported in George M. Collins, “A Taste of Freedom,” Boston Globe, April 23, 1965.

43. “Proposal for an Experimental School and for a Parish-Community Center,” n.d., file “Archdiocese of Boston—Catholic and Parochial Schools,” box 1, AUS. See also Misc. file, “Activities of the Association of Urban Sisters,” box 1 AUS; and Meconis, Charles A., With Clumsy Grace: The American Catholic Left, 1961-1975 (New York: The Seabury Press, 1979), 5.Google Scholar

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45. CHR report on November 16, 1966, meeting of high school faculties, Commission on Human Rights File, Archives of the Archdiocese of Boston.

46. On Catholic support for integration, see Greeley, Andrew M. and Sheatsley, Paul B., “Attitudes toward Racial Integration,” Scientific American 225 (December 1971): 13–19 CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed; and Abrahamson, Harold and Noll, C. Edward, “Religion, Ethnicity and Social Change,” Review ofReligious Research 8 (Fall 1966): esp. 22–25.Google Scholar For a superb analysis of events in a local Community, see Reider, Jonathan, Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985), 81–82.Google Scholar

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48. “Priests' Efforts Fail to Quell Cleveland Mob,” Catholic Herald Citizen, February 8, 1964, clipping in the Josephite Archives, Baltimore, Maryland; “Priest Told to Mind Own Business and ‘Pray for Us’ by Youthful Mob Determined to Halt Negro Students,” Catholic Herald Citizen, February 15, 1964, 15; and James Flannery, “The Murray Hill Incident: An Eyewitness Report,” Catholic Standard and Times, February 14, 1964, clipping in the Josephite Archives; “School Board Today Faces Pickets, Sit-In,” Cleveland Plain-Dealer, January 31, 1964, 8.

49. The commission organized a neighborhood tension subcommittee with priests willing to respond as city or church officials alerted them to potentially violent situations.

50. “Priests Try to Restore Calm to Racially Tense Section of Kensington,” Catholic Standard and Times, October 7, 1966, 1. On Kensington, see also Binzen, Peter, Whitetown U.S.A. (New York: Random House, 1970), 112, 248Google Scholar; and Msgr. Philip J. Dowling, interview with author, July 31, 1991.

51. One of the key reasons the SCLC chose Chicago as the location for its first northern campaign was their perception of strong support from the city's religious Community. See Garrow, David J., Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (New York: William Morrow, 1986), 444, 449Google Scholar; Fr. Daniel Mallette, interview with author, August 23, 1991; and William Hogan, interview with author, January 4, 1991.

52. King quoted in Arthur Southwood, ‘'Nobel Prize Winner Honored by CIC Here,” The New World, November 6, 1964.

53. James H. Bowman, S.J., “Martin Luther King in Chicago,” Ave Maria 102 (September 25, 1965): 6-9; “Priests, Sisters, and Martin Luther King,” Community 25 (September 1965): 4-5.

54. King quoted in Delores McCahill, “Dr. King Confers with Cody about Civil Rights Campaign,” Chicago Sun-Times, February 4, 1966, 3/52. See also Garrow, Bearing the Cross, 465; and Fr. Daniel Mallette, interview with author, August 23, 1991. Jesse Jackson also addressed the CIC board on December 14, 1965. See CIC board meeting minutes, December 14, 1965, box 1A, CIC.

55. Cody Statement, July 10, 1966, “Cody—Civil rights rally” file, box 13, Egan papers. The Statement was written by longtime activist Msgr. John J. Egan, according to Msgr. John J. Egan, interview with author, December 13, 1991. See also Garrow, Bearing the Cross, 491; and “Chicago Archbishop Supports City Rights Drive,” New York Times, July 11, 1966, 19.

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62. John A. McDermott, “A Chicago Catholic Asks: Where Does My Church Stand on Racial Justice?” Look 30 (November 1, 1966): 82+; William F. Graney, “Saddest Part of Riot: ‘Catholic’ Know Nothings,” The New World, August 5, 1966; Fr. James A. Bowman, S.J., letter, Commonweal 85 (December 16, 1966): 323.

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64. Copy of Statement in folder 4, box 11, Msgr. Daniel Cantwell papers, Chicago Historical Society.

65. Woman to Cantwell, n.d., folder 4, box 11, Cantwell papers; Raymond F. Knauerhaze to Cody, September 15, [1965?], file “k,” box 2007, ACHREC; Marty Servick to Cantwell, January 27, 1967, folder 11, box 4, Cantwell papers, Chicago Historical Society.

66. Tillman quoted in Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s, ed. Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer (New York: Bantam Books, 1990), 312.

67. Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City, 2d ed. (Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1970), lxv. The question of focus was raised, for example, by Andrew Greeley, “Chicago Summer,” New City 5 (August 1966): 19.

68. Fr. Matthew Gottschalk, O.F.M., to Chicago CIC, August 23, 1963, file “Milwaukee,” box 22, series 10-2, NCCIJ.

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73. Aukofer, City with a Chance, 71; sermon in folder 1, Bleidorn papers.

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77. The most complete account of Groppi and Milwaukee is Aukofer, City with a Chance; see also “Groppi in Black for Yule Mass,” National Catholic Reporter 3 (January 3, 1967): 7; and Karen Kelly, “The Scene—Milwaukee,” Community 27 (October 1967): 3.

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81. “Hub Priests Fly to Milwaukee,” Boston Globe, September 16, 1967; Ken Rolling, O.F.M., to Groppi, September 21, 1967, folder 4, box 3, Groppi papers; Jeremiah Murphy, “Marching Hub Priest Says Time Has Come,” Boston Globe, September 20, 1967.

82. Patrick and Maureen Coffey in letter to editor, St. Louis Review, September 22, 1967, 16-17; John D. Murnant and others to Groppi, September 21, 1967, folder 4, box 3, Groppi papers.

83. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lund to Groppi, June 23, 1967, folder 6, box 1, Groppi papers; Bob Hoffman to Groppi, February 2, 1967, folder 2, box 1, Groppi papers.

84. Mrs. A. C. Caruso to Groppi, September 22, 1967, folder 4, box 3, Groppi papers; Fred J. Gordon to Groppi, August 31, 1967, folder 3, box 6, Groppi papers; Mrs. E. Meyer to Groppi, September 19, 1967, folder 1, box 7, Groppi papers.

85. Mrs. Elenore R. Haubert to Groppi, July 29, 1967, folder 2, box 6, Groppi papers; “A German-Polish Catholic Family” to Groppi, September 6, 1967, folder 5, box 6, Groppi papers; Mrs. J. N. Hipp to Groppi, September 5, 1967, folder 5, box 6, Groppi papers.

86. Mrs. M. Dugan to Groppi, September 1, 1967, folder 4, box 6, Groppi papers; Mrs. John C. Fonuke to Groppi, September 3, 1967, folder 5, box 6, Groppi papers.

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