On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. America editor John LaFarge, S.J., was there.
John LaFarge, S.J.
John LaFarge, S.J. was a longtime editor at America (and editor in chief from 1944 to 1948) known for his civil rights activism and his many writings against racism and anti-Semitism.
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From the archives, Father John LaFarge on the murder of Emmett Till
All of us, in one way or another, are in some sense culpable. For we have allowed and still allow the hateful racist menace to grow up in our midst.
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Catholics and Racial Justice: Published in ‘America’ on Sept. 21, 1940
From Sept. 21, 1940. No name was more closely associated with Catholic efforts for racial justice than America editor John LaFarge, S.J.