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Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D.
@BlkNunHistorian
Historian of #BlackCatholics & Creator of #BlackHistoryIsCatholicHistory; Completing Subversive Habits: The Untold Story of #BlackNuns in the U.S. @DukePress
Jan 3, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
2020 was an important year in #BlackCatholichistory. The US got its 1st Black cardinal & a host of new initiatives supporting the study, teaching, & celebration of the #BlackCatholic past were launched across the country. Here's to more good news in 2021!
medium.com/hindsights/dec… #BlackHistoryIsCatholicHistory and #BlackCatholicHistory Always Matters

Via @CushwaCenter and @achahistory

cushwa.nd.edu/news/cyprian-d…
Aug 9, 2020 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
Hi Folks! I'm still on break. However, I have received lots of messages & emails over the past few days requesting scholarly book & article recommendations to help contextualize the contemporary moment re: the #CatholicChurch & #BLM. So, here you go: The story of the rise & fall of the #FederatedColoredCatholics of the US-esp. the clerical supplanting of Black lay leader Dr. Thomas W. Turner-is ESSENTIAL reading for these times. Start w/ Marilyn Nickels & David Southern. Links are provided below. #BlackCatholicHistoryMatters