The untold history of black nuns in the United States

Ask most people what they know about black Catholic sisters, and
they will probably murmur something about “Sister Act.” Dr. Shannen
Dee Williams did, too, until she began digging into communities’
archives and uncovering the previously hidden lives of
African-American women religious. Now she’s telling those stories
in a forthcoming book (with an amazing title), Subversive
Habits.  Shannen tells us about the incredible resilience and
deep faith of black Catholic women in the face of racism,
discrimination and exclusion. We ask her how these stories affected
her own faith and what racial reconciliation in the church looks
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