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This is the book cover of "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle" by Shannen Dee Williams. (OSV News photo/courtesy Duke University Press)

RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns

February 6, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview

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Shannen Dee Williams

In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. In this encore episode, presented during Black History Month, we speak with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.

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