Black Catholics

Dolores Helen Hickambottom, Noted Pasadena Community Activist, Passes Away

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 20, 2022

Dolores Helen Hickambottom was born March 27, 1931, the second of four children born to Edward and Lillian (Polite) Dupre in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her parents and sister, Mary Rose Arceneaux, and brother, Oscar Dupre, Sr., preceded her in death.

History

Black Catholics’ history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?

David Crary, Associated PressJuly 26, 2020

The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a dramatic mix of struggles and breakthroughs, but it has been largely ignored in the curriculum of Catholic schools. That may soon change.