The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...Emma’s Agricultural and Industrial School in Virginia to provide young African-American men with secular and religious education. The plight of African-Americans was an area of intense concern for Louise. She was one of the early supporters of the Catholic Interracial Movement. St. Francis' Industrial School, ca. 1897 Although extremely wealthy
Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...awarded the CHRC with a grant in the amount of $31,196 for the 2018/2019 academic/fiscal year. The grant, To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students, funded a Catholic archival learning program for seventh & eighth grade students. Matthew H. McCloskey, Jr. (1893-1973), building contractor and U.S.
Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...hed in 1892. The paper was created by black Catholics for the African American Catholic community. PAHRC has several issues of the paper. July 9, 1892 issue Black Catholics, made up of both free and enslaved African Americans, had been a presence in Philadelphia since the establishment of the city's
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