Collection of African American Catholic history materials

Series 1 of this collection consists of papers and ephemera related to the African American Catholic population in the 1960s and 1970s. Folder 1 contains papers related to the National Black Catholic Clergy Committee, including minutes from two 1968 meetings, a 1968 statement, a 1969 newletter, the program from their 1969 general caucus meeting in New Orleans, and a photocopy of the NBCCC constitution. Folder 2 contains a 1969 proposal submitted to the NBCCC by Father Boniface Hardin, O.S.B., for a Central Office for Black Catholicism in Indianapolis. Folder 3 contains the syllabi from two classes on African American history taught by Melvin Anderson, C.S.W., at Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic seminary in Douglaston, New York, in 1969. Folder 4 contains papers from the Catholic Clergy Conference on the Interracial Apostolate, including 1968 resolutions, transcriptions of speeches from the 1968 conference held in Detroit, the statement issued by the Black Priests Caucus at the 1968 conference, and a copy of Dr. Nathan Wright, Jr.'s keynote address from the 1969 conference held in Pittsburgh. Folder 5 contains materials relating tot eh Dayton, Ohio area, including a study guide to "The Church and the Black Man" prepared by Brother Joseph M. Davis, S.M., published by Pflaum Press, and the March 1969 issue of "Here and Now: a Christian Journal of Opinion." Folder 6 contains materials relating to the Detroit, Michigan area, including the 1968 proposal of Black Catholics in Action and an undated essay by Frank H. Joyce, director of the organization People Against Racism. Folder 7 contains materials relating to the National Black Sisters' Conference, including the program, roster of attendees, and other papers relating to their first national conference, held in Pittsburgh in August 1968. Folder 8 contains a statement and resolutions from the 1963 meeting of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. Folder 9 contains two pamphlets from the National Office for Black Catholics from the 1970s. Folder 10 contains issues of the National Office for Black Catholics newsletter, "Impact!", dating between 1976 and 1979. Folder 11 contains materials relating to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, including a 1969 proposal for an "Interdiocesan Black Catholic Center for Leadership opportunities," a 1970 calendar printed by the Interdiocesan Black Catholic Ministries, a 1970 letter from the leaders of the group, and several essays by Bill Robinson of the Urban League of Pittsburgh. Folder 12 contains materials of unknown origin, including an undated essay by Father James Campbell, O.P., a 1969 statement by Father R. Lambert, poems, and a summary of an address by Archbishop John F. Dearden on the Kerner Report. Folder 13 through 15 contain the original boxes from the audio materials in the collection. Series 2 contains audio materials on reel-to-reel tapes. These materials have not been played, but their original containers have captions for the contents. Boxes 1 and 2 contain tapes of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus meeting held on April 24, 1969. Box 3 contains recordings of Sterling Stuckey speaking on "Africa: Afro-American Perspetives" and John Henrik Clarke on "Origins of African Society." The tape in Box 4 had several captions; the tape may contain a lecture by Father Filas, S.J. on "Sex Instruction," a tape of the National Black Sisters Conference held at Dalton State College, August 6-12 (year unknown), and/or "Blk.Sem. Con. [Black Seminarians Congress?], Aug 22, 23, & 24 [year unknown]." Box 5 contains a tape of the "Black Sisters Show," undated.