[1] To create a second funding stream, the archbishops called for the establishment of the Catholic Board, which they incorporated in 1907 with Fr.
[2] Since its founding, the Catholic Board has supported hundreds of priests and women religious who served Black parishes and schools throughout the United States, and in so doing, it also endorsed efforts to address Black social concerns as well.
[3] The Catholic Board was renamed in 1970, and it joined the Black and Indian Mission office a decade later.
Collectively, these institutions comprise the Black and Indian Mission office.
Marquette University provides selected images from the CNAMB records as a separate online digital collection, African American Catholics of the United States.