Foreword by Janice E. Jackson
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Michèle Foster

PART I

Historical and Sociological Analyses of African American Catholic Education

1. The Academic Achievement of African Americans in Catholic Schools: A Review of the Literature
   Darlene Eleanor York

2. First Came the School: Catholic Evangelization Among African Americans in the United States, 1827 to the Present
   V.P. Franklin

3. Making a Way Out of No Way: The Oblate Sisters of Providence and St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, 1828 to the Present
   Vernon C. Polite

4. Holy Angels: Pocket of Excellence
   Portia H. Shields

   PART II

   Personal Memories and Reflections

5. Segregation and Academic Excellence: African American Catholic Schools in the South
   Jacqueline Jordan Irvine

6. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa: The French Catholic School Experience
   Michèle Foster

7. A Good Education and the Fear of God
   Mary E. Dilworth

8. Act Your Age, Not Your Color
   Lisa D. Delpit

9. Growing Up Black and Catholic in Louisiana: Personal Reflections on Catholic Education
   Antoine M. Garibaldi

10. I'm Going Home: A Journey to Holy Angels
    William Tate

11. Topsy Goes to Catholic School: Lessons in Academic Excellence, Refinement, and Religion
    Kimberly C. Ellis

12. Lessons Learned: Implications for the Education of African Americans in Public Schools
    Jacqueline Jordan Irvine

    About the Editors and the Contributors

    Index

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