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The Hottest Places in Hell: the Catholic Church and Civil Rights in Selma, Alabama, 1937-1965 The Hottest Places in Hell: The Catholic Church and Civil Rights in Selma, Alabama, 1937-1965 Gregory Nelson Hite Yonkers, New York B.A., Bates College, 1991 M.A., University of Virginia, 1994 A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia May, 2002 For My Family Table to Contents Abstract .. i-ii Chapter Summary iii Acknowledgements .. iv-vi Introduction 1-12 Chapter 1: “An Effective Minority.” . 13-48 Chapter 2: “Patience.” . 50-85 Chapter 3: “The Harvest is Great.” .... 86-129 Chapter 4: “Heaven.” ... 130-156 Chapter 5: “Sanctuary.” .. 157-178 Chapter 6: “The Hottest Places in Hell.” ... 179-210 Chapter 7: “Peace Rather than Strife.” . 211-234 Chapter 8: “I Shall Go and See the King.” 235-279 Chapter 9: “Outside Agitators.” .. 280-321 Chapter 10: “We Shall Overcome.” 322-347 Chapter 11: “Pilgrimage.” . 348-396 Bibliography . 397-408 i Abstract This dissertation examines the role that Catholics played in the Selma Voting Rights movement between 1962-1965, at both the local and the national level. It assesses the reciprocal impact the Catholic Church and the civil rights movement had upon each other. The goal of this dissertation is to integrate Catholics into the historical narrative of the Selma campaign in particular and the civil rights movement in general. The work traces the history of the Catholic Interracial movement in the United States from its beginnings in the late 1920s through to the rise of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice (NCCIJ) in the early 1960s. The work also explores the growth of the St. Elizabeth’s mission in Selma, Alabama 1937-1960. My aim is to explore how a single religious community brings various physical, economic, political and theological resources, at both the local and national level, to bear upon a grassroots protest movement, and to expand our understanding of the full range of resources the African American community was able to draw upon in the struggle for civil rights. The Selma mission provides a safe haven for the nascent voting rights movement. On March 7, 1965, state troopers brutally assaulted unarmed peaceful protesters and national media was attention riveted upon the city. In answer to a call by Martin Luther King, hundreds of men and women descended upon the city to witness for justice. The NCCIJ mobilized a large Catholic presence to travel to the city and participate in the demonstrations, signaling that the Church was prepared to take its place among the mainstream denominations as an equal partner in the struggle for social justice, and providing the movement with a fresh symbol of Christian witness. ii This dissertation assesses the impact the movement had on the church as it struggled to reappraise its place in a changing America, and the means by which the Black Freedom struggle was able to integrate itself into the American mainstream. How and with what effect these two movements converge at Selma shaped the very nature of the Church and the nation. iii Chapter Summary Chapter 1: “An Effective Minority,” chronicles the history of the Catholic interracial movement from its beginnings with Daniel Rudd’s Colored Catholic Conferences and Turner’s Federated Colored Catholics through the rise of Father John LaFarge and the New York Catholic Interracial Council. Chapter 2: “Patience” covers the establishment of the National Catholic Council for Interracial Justice in 1958, and the initial Catholic participation in the emerging civil rights movement, particularly the National Conference on Race and Religion and the March on Washington. Chapter 3: “The Harvest is Great,” explores the founding of the St. Elizabeth’s mission in Selma, Alabama in 1937 by the Fathers of St. Edmund to 1960. Chapter 4: “Heaven,” details the history of protest activity in Selma from 1930-1960, including the work of the Dallas County Voters’ League, the effect of the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sit-ins and Freedom Rides. Chapter 5: “Sanctuary,” discusses the entrée of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer Bernard Lafayette and the birth of the Alabama Voting Rights Project in 1962. It explores the role the St. Elizabeth’s mission played in sustaining the nascent movement. Chapter 6: “The Hottest Places in Hell.” Addresses the first two years of the AVRP, 1962-1963 and the establishment of the Alabama Literacy Project in the basement of the St. Elizabeth’s mission. Chapter 7: “Peace Rather than Strife,” chronicles 1964, the final year SNCC was able to sustain an effective campaign in the city. The chapter explores the various strategies Catholics, white and black, used to deal with the demonstrations with particular emphasis on the relationship between iv Father Maurice Ouellet, S.S.E., pastor of St. Elizabeth’s, and Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen. Chapter 8: “I Shall Go and See the King,” examines the entrée of Martin Luther King and the SCLC into Selma in January 1965 and the escalation of demonstrations within and outside the city, the decision to mount a march to the state capital in Montgomery to protest the killing of a demonstrator culminating in “Bloody Sunday,” and the assault by state troopers on peaceful marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, March 7, 1965. Chapter 9: “Outside Agitators,” Describes the aftermath of “Bloody Sunday” and the mobilization of massive Catholic participation on the part of NCCIJ as well as the response by the mission to such a large number of Catholic visitors. Chapter 10: “We Shall Overcome,” documents the period immediately following “Bloody Sunday,” March 8-March 19, and highlights the symbolic and tactical importance of Catholic participation. Chapter 11: “Pilgrimage,” describes the final march to Montgomery, March 20-25, Catholic reaction to the demonstrations, particularly to the murder of Viola Liuzzo, and the effects of the march on the Catholic Church and the movement. iv Acknowledgements In a project of this size, and especially with one that takes this long, one incurs innumerable debts. I was blessed to have had the strong support of mentors, family, colleagues and friends. I was especially lucky to have a found myself at the University of Virginia where I found not one, but two advisors. Father Gerald Fogarty and Dr. Heather Warren have guided me over the past nine years as I strove to become a better scholar, teacher and person. I am forever indebted to them both for the time, wisdom, and trust they invested in me. I met David Garrow in 1990 while a senior at Bates College. For over a decade, he has served as a mentor and has been kind enough to share his insights with me at every stage of my career and this project. I am deeply grateful to him for his advice. Professors Wallace Best and John Mason have been unflagging sources of support and encouragement to me throughout the process. Both Father Joseph McLaughlin, S.S.E., and Dr. Steven Longenecker graciously shared with me their knowledge and insight. Much of this work is based upon hours of personal interviews. I offer my sincere thanks to the Fathers of St. Edmund, Sisters of St. Joseph, the parishioners and staff of the St. Elizabeth’s mission, the men and women of the diocese of Mobile, the people of Selma, all of those who traveled to Selma, as well as those who had other parts to play. All shared their time, their stories and their passion with me. I hope that I have l done justice to the story with which they have so carefully entrusted to me. I have had the pleasure and honor of working with numerous special collections across the country. Archbishop Oscar Lipscombe of Mobile served as chancellor under Archbishop Toolen in 1965. He allowed me complete access to the diocesan archives. v His vote of confidence inspired me to tackle the more difficult aspects of the project. I offer my thanks and appreciation to John Shepherd at the Catholic University of America, Phil Runkel at the Marquette University, Tom Gino and Pauline Giancoloa at Edmundite Archives at St. Michael’s College, the Society of St. Edmund Archives at St. Michael’s College, Alston Fitts at the St. Elizabeth’s mission archives in Selma, Sister Jean Agnes Michaud, S.S.J., and Kathy Urbanic at the Sisters of St. Joseph Archives at the Motherhouse in Rochester, Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives, and Jim Bagget at the Birmingham Public Library. The staffs at the Amistad Research Center, the Chicago Historical Society the Chicago Archdiocesan Archives, Georgetown University Special Collections, and most importantly at the librarians at the University of Virginia were always kind, helpful and supportive of the project. I would like to thank the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Their generosity allowed me to complete the project. There is one historical truth everyone must recognize: the office staff is the small cog around which the universe revolves. I thank all of the departmental secretaries for their help, encouragement and assistance: Dianne, Linda, Doug, and especially Fonda, thank you. I would also like to thank Dean Robert Huskey for his support over the years. All the residents of the fun house who when they signed their lease unknowingly joined me on this project. Thank you for dropping me off at the library, abducting me from the library, and, in both cases, watching the dog while I was gone. I thank all the people who I have had the pleasure of working with for the last two years at the South Street Brewery.
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