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In washington, d. C. , a panel of scholars talks about the role the Catholic Church played in educating, organizing, and advocating for immigrant laborers from the mid1800s to the 1940s. According to the census bureau, between 1850 in 1930, before an born population in the United States rose from 2. 2 million to 14. 2 million, and many of these immigrants were catholics from europe. The 90 Minute Program is part of a conference. Welcome to our final session. Just tutors myself, my name is maria zynga i am in archivist at the met american cap History Museum and a historian. I and elated to be here with you on this particular panel. This panel is concerned with immigration and labor specifically. This is a next really important topic, as most people who migrate to the ....
Welcome to our final session. Id like to introduce myself. Im education archivist at the American CatholicResearch Center and im a historian and assistant director for the institute of catholic studies. This panel is concerned with immigration and labor specifically and obviously its an extremely important topic. As most people who migrate to the United States, migrate here to work. And that causes all kinds of thorny issues as were going to see. Just a couple of announcements before i introduce our speaker. We have a couple of books i want to point out. Kimbell baker has a book called go to the worker on American Labor priests. Theres an order form on your table in case you want to order a copy. Second, the authors of this book are here. This copy is available ....