Table of Contents

Preface: Are We Finally Woke? ix

Introduction: The Journey of an African American Catholic Bishop xxvii

1 The Racial Divide in the United States: A Reflection for the World Day of Peace (January 1, 2015) 1

2 The Catholic Church and the Black Lives Matter Movement: The Racial Divide in the United States Revisited (February 26, 2016) 34

3 Old Wounds Revisited (September 21, 2017) 68

4 We, Too, Sing America: The Catholic Church and the Museum of African American History and Culture (January 15, 2017) 94

5 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: What If He Were Still Alive Today? (February 23, 2020) 116

6 There Are No "Minority" Americans (May 17, 2013) 129

7 Crossing the Cultural Divide: Evangelization in African American Communities (November 18, 1998) 135

8 Black Catholics in America: Where Do We Go from Here? (November 2, 1985) 161

9 Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897): A Saint for Our Time (March 8, 2011) 176

Acknowledgments 189

About the Author 195

Index 197