National Catholic Interracial Conference, 1958
Item
Title
National Catholic Interracial Conference, 1958
Description
Members of the first National Catholic Interracial Conference engage in conversation. From left to right: Bishop Emmanuel Mabathoana, O.M.I, of South Africa; labor leader John L. Yancey; The Most Reverend Owen McCann, Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa; Sister Ann Ida Ganon, B.V.M., president of Mundelein College; Father John LaFarge, founder of the Catholic Interracial Councils and keynote speaker at the conference; and R. Sargent Shriver, president of Chicago's interracial council.
The first National Catholic Interracial Conference was hosted by Mundelein and Loyola University from August 28-30, 1958. More than 400 delegates were in attendance.
center is Sr. Ann Ida
Gannon, BVM and Sargent Shriver, then president of CIC.
The first National Catholic Interracial Conference was hosted by Mundelein and Loyola University from August 28-30, 1958. More than 400 delegates were in attendance.
center is Sr. Ann Ida
Gannon, BVM and Sargent Shriver, then president of CIC.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1958-08
File name
Events, Conference/Conventions, National Catholic Interracial Conference, 1958
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
Women and Leadership Archives
Source
Mundelein College Records, Events, Conference/Conventions, National Catholic Interracial Conference, 1958
Subject
Mundelein College
Institutional history
National Catholic Interracial Conference
Rights
The online images are supplied for reference purposes only. Permission to copy or publish must be obtained from the Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago. Please send inquiries to wlarchives@luc.edu.
