Saint Benedict’s Monastery • Spring-Summer 2015
Sisters and Civil Rights | Welcoming the Stranger | Sisters and Students Embracing Diversity
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The Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision (1954) declared segregated education to be unconstitutional, but life changed little for most American blacks.
Mary Jane Berger, OSB
S. Miriam (Mary) as a 14 month-old baby
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Enjoying the banquet
20 Benedictine Sisters and Friends
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