Date of Award
12-2009
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
History
Department
History
Major Professor
Powers, Madelon
Second Advisor
Bischof, Guenter
Third Advisor
Mitchell, Mary N.
Abstract
This study analyzes the development of the student protest movement at Loyola University New Orleans from1964 to 1971. It focuses on student protests against racial discrimination and the Vietnam War, student agitation for greater freedom on campus, and battles that Loyola's faculty had with the university administration. This study argues that Loyola's student protesters were acting as Catholics against situations they believed were immoral and unjust. In this sense, they were ahead of the Jesuit clergy at Loyola, who took action only after student protest on those issues. Indeed, student protest filled a void of moral leadership that the Jesuit administration at Loyola failed to provide. Moreover, in the areas of student participation in university governance, changes in curriculum and university restrictions, and student rights and freedoms, the student protesters joined with Catholic commentators who advocated for major changes at the country's Catholic universities.
Recommended Citation
Lorenz, Robert, "Catholic Student Protest and Campus Change at Loyola University in New Orleans, 1964-1971" (2009). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1000.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1000
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