I was very fortunate in 1952-53 to be made aware of a series of lectures by a Jesuit in NYC .  Sr. Marie  Bellarmine , SSJ at Bishop Mc Donnell High in Brooklyn gave us girls  who worked on the yearbook the opportunity to attend those talks  on what was then called  "Race Relations " .  
So there was somewhat of an understanding of the need to face racism  .  As far as I know there was nothing like this mentioned within our parishes  .  But the series of lectures was held in a parish hall in the Archdiocese of NY  .