The present book fits within the long history of African-American Catholics attempts (e.g., the nineteenth century Catholic Congresses and the twentieth century Federation of Colored Catholics) to address the issue of education for African-American Catholics. This book is part of an already established tradition of criticism and creative reform -- this time within Catholic higher education.

This book is a beneficiary of those past achievements in education and a call for a new kind of reform in Catholic higher education, one that pays particular attention to the inclusion and integration of the African-American experience in Catholic theology and in the entire curriculum -- particularly in the hermeneutical enterprises in theology, ethics, and history.