Oral history interview with Arthur Falls.
Interview conducted for Voices from the Catholic Worker. Arthur Falls, a physician, founder of the first Catholic Worker house in Chicago and a civil rights activist, discusses African American Catholics in Chicago, discrimination in the Catholic Church, and his civil rights activities. He talks abo...
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| Format: | Cassette Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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1988.
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| Summary: | Interview conducted for Voices from the Catholic Worker. Arthur Falls, a physician, founder of the first Catholic Worker house in Chicago and a civil rights activist, discusses African American Catholics in Chicago, discrimination in the Catholic Church, and his civil rights activities. He talks about his personal experiences with discrimination and his battles against it throughout the 20th century, especially attempts to racially integrate parishes. He discusses what drew him to the Catholic Worker Movement, and the issues he faced in establishing it in Chicago. He also briefly mentions encounters with Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day and his impressions of them. Interviewed by Rosalie Riegle Troester. Interruptions in audio present in original recording. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sound cassette (75 min.) : analog + transcript (32 leaves) |
| Access: | Open to all users. |