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Article: Knights of Peter Claver in the shadows: order reflects status of black U.S. Catholics.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 25, 1995
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CHICAGO -- Three lithe dancers, dressed in colorful African prestige cloth and flowing white skirts, created a cultural bridge between dozens of now-independent African countries and their descendants in the United States. They danced before seven African-American bishops, a smattering of clergy, and 1,800 Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver, the largest predominantly black organization in the world, gathered at Chicago's Hilton Hotel for their 80th National Convention August 4-10.
Like the Claverites themselves, the Mass was fairly traditional, but it was marked by touches of African culture, including the post-communion dancing before the altar, Eucharist served ...