Book Summary
Chronicles the extraordinary career of Father John LaFarge, a prominent American Roman Catholic clergyman, a civil rights activist and editor of America. The book examines his youth in Rhode Island, through the founding of the Catholic Interracial Council, the writing of his encyclical on racism (at the request of Pope Pius XI in 1938), and his continued presence in the civil rights movement.
Book Details
| Book Name | An Unordinary Man: A Life Of Father John LaFarge, S. J. |
| Author | Robert A. Hecht |
| Publisher | Scarecrow Press (Jun 1996) |
| ISBN | 9780810830943 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 5022 |