Abstract
America magazine published an article called “Seton Hill and the Negro Sisters” in its December 13, 1924, issue, which highlighted a new program to provide Black Catholic sisters with an education. At that time, Jim Crow laws in the South prevented sisters of color from earning teaching certification from local colleges and, in Louisiana, new regulations required all teachers to be certified. The Sisters of the Holy Family, a community of Black nuns founded in New Orleans in 1837, had dozens of established schools for children of color and found themselves in a difficult position.
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