Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. “Building Men, Not Just Fighters” 1
4. 1. Minority within a Minority: African Americans Encounter Catholicism in the Urban North 16
5. 2. “We Had Standing”: Black and Catholic in Bronzeville 39
6. 3. For God and Country: Bishop Sheil and the CYO 71
7. 4. African American Participation in the CYO 99
8. 5. The Fight Outside the Ring: Antiracism in the CYO 135
9. 6. “Ahead of His Time”: The Legacy of Bishop Sheil and the Unfulfilled Promise of Catholic Interracialism 167
10. Acknowledgments 185
11. Notes 189
12. Bibliography 249
13. Index 269