Black Catholic Movement

Black Catholic Movement
Date1968–1995[a]
Location
United States
Caused byAssassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, segregation, Jim Crow laws, socioeconomic inequality, Second Vatican Council
Resulted in

The Black Catholic Movement (or Black Catholic Revolution) was a movement of African-American Catholics in the United States that developed and shaped modern Black Catholicism.

From roughly 1968 to the mid-1990s, Black Catholicism would transform from pre-Vatican II roots into a full member of the Black Church. It developed its own structure, identity, music, liturgy, thought, theology, and appearance within the larger Catholic Church. As a result, in the 21st century, Black Catholic Church traditions are seen in most Black parishes, institutions, schools, and organizations across the country.
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