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The price is very high; the price of delay is vastly higher: Father Hesburgh's Program for Racial Justice, 1972/1029

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Identifier: CPHS 142/05.02

Scope and Contents

"America's national psyche is troubled today, although we hide it in multiple ways."

Not a speech, but an article by Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame and chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, published in Sunday New York Times Magazine, dated October 29, 1972. This article is based on a speech he made at Union Theological Seminary upon receiving the Reinhold Niebuhr Award.

Same as "America's Unfinished Human Agenda" filed in (UDIS H2/05.04). Also same as (CPHS 143/09.04).

Dates

  • Creation: 1972/1029

Language of Materials

English, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to university records in any format (paper, digital, photographic, or audiovisual) is governed by state and federal laws, University of Notre Dame policy, and the University of Notre Dame Archives Access Guidelines and is subject to review under the supervision of the Head of the University Archives.

Abstract

8 pages

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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