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  By 1965, there was a decisive shift in Catholic attitudes and presence in the struggle for racial justice.  In response to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s summons for the nation's religious leaders to come to Selma, Alabama, the response from white priests and sisters was "enormous".  Despite the opposition from the Local Bishops, "priests from fifty different dioceses, sisters and laity flocked to Alabama."
  
  But for the most part, American bishops were passive and tepid in their responses then and sadly, now.
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  Cyprian Davis, THE HISTORY OF BLACK CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES [New York: Crossroads, 1990]
  John T. McGreevy, PARISH BOUNDARIES: THE CATHOLIC ENCOUNTER WITH RACE IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY URBAN NORTH [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996]
  Charles Marsh GOD'S LONG SUMMER: STORIES OF FAITH AND CIVIL RIGHTS [Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008]