https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t A man ahead of his time en-us 2020-08-27 13:16:13 UTC 2020-08-28 01:16:30 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/702556975 Joseph Ritter was born in New Albany, Indiana in 1892. Joseph Ritter was born into a large religious family and received a religious education from a young age. Joseph Ritter decided to be a priest by the time he was just in seventh grade. Later, he attended St. Meinrad's.]]> 2020-08-27 14:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/702556975 ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704075502 As a priest Joseph Ritter quickly moved up the ranks of the Catholic Church. He became the Bishop of Indianapolis in 1934 and then the first Archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Indianapolis in 1944.]]> 2020-08-28 00:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704075502 ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704081200 Even as early as the 1930s Joseph Ritter was a champion for the rights of African Americans. He desegregated the Catholic Schools in Indianapolis in 1938. Upon his appointment as the Archbishop of St. Louis in 1946, Joseph Ritter almost immediately began desegregating Catholic schools. Joseph Ritter desegregated 5 schools in 1947.]]> 2020-08-28 00:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704081200 ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704095698 Cardinal Ritter High School was named after Cardinal Ritter. Cardinal Ritter High School was made to honor the values of Cardinal Ritter such as diversity and service.]]> 2020-08-28 00:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704095698 ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704118034 Two huge court cases that had a major effect on segregation were Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. Plessy v. Ferguson was the original Supreme Court case that said that it was legal to separate whites and African Americans based on race as long as both groups had access to the same quality of services. This court case was decided in 1896 and wasn't changed until 1954 with the court case of Brown v. Board of Education. Until 1954, many African American children were raised going to separate schools and drinking from separate water fountains]]> 2020-08-28 00:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704118034 ethanjost https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704140714 Almost all schools were segregated in Indianapolis and St. Louis through 1954. Catholic schools however were desegregated long before. In Indianapolis, Joseph Ritter desegregated schools 18 years before the Brown v. Board of Education case. Cardinal Joseph Ritter was a man dedicated to making the world a better and more free place.]]> 2020-08-28 01:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanjost/odpny3azunctyg1t/wish/704140714