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Theatrical release poster for The Birth of a Nation, distributed by Epoch Film Co. (Wikimedia Commons)
As we approach the centenary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and experience a growing recognition of its horrors, it is worth remembering a question raised by Daniel Lord, S.J. (1888-1955), one of the most influential Catholic priests in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s. Did the rise of the movie industry fuel the flames of racial hatred in the United States?
Lord grew up in Chicago but moved to St. Louis for his Jesuit training. Ordained as a priest in 1923, he was soon assigned to become national director of the “Queen’s Work” office in St. Louis named for Mary, the mother of Jesus or “The Queen of Heaven.” The office had been created to promote the Jesuit sodality movement. Sodalities were religious clubs at Catholic high schools, colleges and parishes. At their peak some 13,000 sodalities existed across the United States and Canada. During his career Lord