And not just Catholics! My father was a Baptist minister in Gadsden in the 1970s. After he instituted a busing program to bring Black children to Sunday school at our church, the Klan terrorized us. Dad later learned that some of the deacons in our church were Klan members. One night, eavesdropping through his study door, I heard some of the deacons making what sounded like implicit violent threats if he didn't stop inviting Black people to church. I was 13 years old at the time, and quite terrified, frankly.