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Mathew H. Ahmann (September 10, 1931 – December 31, 2001) was an American Catholic layman and civil rights activist. He was a leader of the Catholic Church's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, and in 1960 founded and became the executive director of the National Catholic Council for Interracial Justice.
Jan 18, 2021 · Mathew Ahmann, serving as a field representative for the Catholic Interracial Council (CIC) in Chicago at the time, watched the growing civil rights movement and thought the the Catholic Church could—and should—help.
Aug 20, 2013 · Complete story on Mathew Ahmann in the Saint John's Magazine. On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for what has been called the greatest demonstration for freedom in the nation’s history.
Mar 7, 2015 · In Chicago, Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, sprang into action, calling priests sympathetic to civil rights.
Jan 7, 2002 · Mathew H. Ahmann, 70, a Catholic layman who became a powerful catalyst for the Catholic Church’s involvement in the civil rights movement, died of cancer Monday, Dec. 31, at Sibley Memorial...
Mathew Ahmann with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at March on Washington, 1963. Mathew Ahmann attended St. John’s Prep School (’49) and graduated from St. John’s University (’52) with a degree in social science. SJU sociology Professor Emerson Hynes inspired him to pursue graduate studies at the University of Chicago.
Aug 28, 2023 · Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference of Interracial Relations, asked listeners to search their souls to determine how much longer they could tolerate discrimination and injustice.
