Episcopalians & Race

“Superb. . . . The first comprehensive history of modern race relations within the Episcopal Church and, as such, a model of its kind.” — Journal of American History Meeting at an African American college in North Carolina in 1959, a group of black and white Episcopalians organized the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity and pledged to oppose all distinctions based on race, ethnicity, and social class. They adopted a motto derived from Psalm 133: “Behold, how good and