Order to desegregate St. Louis Catholic schools in 1947
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The "Order to desegregate St. Louis Catholic schools in 1947" was a landmark directive by Archbishop (later Cardinal) Joseph Ritter that ended racial segregation in the Archdiocese of St. Louis’s parochial schools, making them among the first in the United States to integrate.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights milestone
ⓘ
desegregation order ⓘ educational policy decision ⓘ |
| aimedAt | ending racial segregation in parochial schools ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis ⓘ |
| archbishopAtTime | Joseph Ritter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broaderMovement | American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | threats by some opponents to withdraw financial support from Catholic schools ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1947 ⓘ |
| educationLevel |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| educationSystem | Catholic parochial school system ⓘ |
| effect |
desegregation of St. Louis Catholic schools
ⓘ
integration of Black and white students in Catholic schools ⓘ |
| follows | earlier limited integration efforts in some Catholic institutions ⓘ |
| governingBody | Archdiocese of St. Louis chancery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImpact | strengthened reputation of Joseph Ritter as a progressive church leader on race issues ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy | administrators of St. Louis Catholic schools ⓘ |
| implementedDespite | organized resistance from segregationist groups ⓘ |
| implementedIn | Archdiocese of St. Louis parochial school system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | later Catholic school desegregation efforts in other U.S. dioceses ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Archdiocese of St. Louis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph Ritter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| justifiedBy | Catholic teaching on the equality of all people ⓘ |
| laterTitleOfIssuer | Cardinal Joseph Ritter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | internal ecclesiastical directive ⓘ |
| location | St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralBasis | Christian doctrine of human dignity ⓘ |
| notableFor | making St. Louis Catholic schools among the first integrated Catholic school systems in the United States ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some white Catholic parents in St. Louis ⓘ |
| policyChange | abolition of race-based admissions policies in St. Louis Catholic schools ⓘ |
| policyDomain | racial equality in education ⓘ |
| policyInstrument | archiepiscopal directive ⓘ |
| preceded | Brown v. Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | racial segregation in St. Louis Catholic schools ⓘ |
| prefigured | later church involvement in civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Catholic Church and civil rights movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
school desegregation in the United States ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | parochial education ⓘ |
| significance |
early example of Catholic Church leadership in civil rights in the Midwest
ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale integrations of Catholic schools in the United States ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Joseph Ritter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil rights advocates in St. Louis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| typeOfSegregationAddressed | racial segregation in education ⓘ |
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