The History of Black Catholics in the United States by Cyprian Davis The first full-length treatment of the Black Catholic experience by a noted Black Catholic scholar.

Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America's First Black Christians by Jeroen Dewulf Examines the influence of African Catholics on the historical development of Black Christianity in America during the seventeenth century.

Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871-1960 (Online) by Stephen J. Ochs

Taking Down Their Harps: Black Catholics in the United States by Diana Hayes; Cyprian Davis Introduces the challenge of Black Catholics to theology and the church. Contributors examine where Black Catholics have come from and where their futures lie in a church in which they see themselves as co-participants.

Black and Catholic: Contributions of African American experience and Thought to Catholic Theology by Jamie T. Phelps This text seeks to address the issue of education for African-American Catholics. The book argues for reform in Catholic higher education, suggesting that particular attention be paid to the inclusion and integration of the African-American experience in Catholic theology.

Black Catholic Studies Reader (Online) by David J. Endres (Editor); Wilton Cardinal Gregory (Foreword by) Offers an introduction to the theology and history of the Black Catholic experience from those who know it best: Black Catholic scholars, teachers, activists, and ministers.

The Church and the Racial Divide: Reflections of an African American Catholic Bishop by Edward K. Braxton The only Catholic bishop who has consistently written on race matters, Bishop Braxton begins this timely book with a probing personal introduction in which he describes his family's history and his experience as an African American that he brought to his ministry as a Catholic priest and bishop. In speeches, homilies, and pastoral letters-in some cases prompted by police shootings and the Black Lives Matter movement-he lays out a vision of healing for the church and the nation, informed by a quest for conversion, justice, and reconciliation.

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan N. Massingale A leading black Catholic moral theologian addresses the issue of racial justice past and present. Massingale writes from an abiding conviction that the Catholic faith and the black experience make essential contributions in the continuing struggle against racial injustice that is the work of all people.

Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience by M. Shawn Copeland (Editor); LaReine Marie Mosely (Editor); Albert J. Raboteau (Editor)

Augustus Tolton: The Church is the True Liberator by Joyce Duriga Father Augustus Tolton was the first identified black American ordained to the priesthood in the United States.Brings to light his quiet witness as a challenge to prejudices and narrow-mindedness that can keep us insulated from the universal diversity of the kingdom of God.

A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854-1933 (Online) by Gary A. Agee Tells the story of Rudd's involvement in the publication of the American Catholic Tribune, as well as his leadership of the Afro-American Press Association, and he was a founding member of the Catholic Press Association.

Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Online) by Shannen Dee Williams Provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States, hailing them as the forgotten prophets of Catholicism and democracy.

Thea's Song: The Life of Thea Bowman (Online) by Charlene Smith and John Feister A biography of Thea Bowman, a black girl born in civil rights era Mississippi who joined a convent of white Catholic sisters and went on to inspire millions of all faiths and none.