John Joseph Egan
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Monsignor John Joseph Egan (9 October 1916 – 19 May 2001) was an American Roman Catholic priest and social activist. He promoted racial integration and was one of the clergymen who marching with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1965 protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
[edit] Further reading
- An Alley in Chicago: The Ministry of a City Priest (1991), by Margery Frisbie
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