CSPAN3 Lectures July 4, 2024
Irish catholics and 19th century new york City Politics. Well, good morning, everyone. Todays lecture is called tamany catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feare...