Black Catholic periodicals

...ce during the last couple decades of the 19th century. In November 1889, a number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of

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The American Catholic Historical Researches Vol. 15 papers, ca. 1810-1898 (MC 56)

...ed in American Catholicism. By 1886, the quarterly magazine was renamed to American Catholic Historical Researches and Martin I. J. Griffin became both the editor and publisher. The purpose of the quarterly magazine remained the same under the direction of Griffin. Materials in The American Catholic Historical Researches Vol. 15

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Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

...orth Carolina Press, 2013), 2-3. [2] Vinson, J. Chal. "Thomas Nast and the American Political Scene." American Quarterly 9, no. 3 (1957): 338 & 340. [3] Thomas Milton Kemnitz, "The Cartoon as a Historical Source." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 4, no. 1 (1973), 82. [4] Ibid., 92-93. [5] Bill

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American Czestochowa

...ass, 10/16/1966                     Over the years, the Shrine called the “American Czestochowa” has hosted many distinguished guests. In addition to President Johnson, two other presidents of the United States have visited: Ronald Reagan in 1984 and then-Presidential Candidate George H.W. Bush

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