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African American history, including church, mid council, and national agency records; personal papers; photographs; publications; and oral histories collected as part of the African American Leaders and Congregations Initiative. Featured image: Student minister with boys, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Charlotte, N.C., circa 1950.

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Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357739
Title:
Emily Vera Gibbes.
Subject names:
Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004., Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian Women., Women in missionary work--Cameroon., Women in missionary work--Kenya., Women Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348006
Title:
Emily Vera Gibbes.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Emily V. Gibbes
Subject names:
Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004., Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in missionary work--Cameroon., Women in missionary work--Kenya., Women Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348005
Title:
Katie G. Cannon on WHYY, circa 1996.
Description:
Interview with Katie G. Cannon on "Radio Times." Hosted by Marty Moss-Coane.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344685
Title:
Katie G. Cannon radio interviews, circa 2000s.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344684
Title:
Encounter God in Church.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon keynote address and audience questions at a Women's Conference in Montreat North Carolina, June 4-9, 1995.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344683
Title:
Living The Life of Jubilee
Description:
Katie Geneva Cannon address at Presbyterian Women Jubilee gathering, Louisville KY, July 15, 2000.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344682
Title:
Clergywomen and clergymen panel, 1992.
Description:
Panel discussion with Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Rev. L. Dianna Flournoy, Rev. Brian K. Blount, and Dr. Michael Harris.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339485
Title:
Jerry Cannon installation service, 1989.
Description:
Katie Geneva Cannon preaching at her brother Jerry's installation service at Northeastern Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., 1989.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339452
Title:
From Disgrace to Dignity.
Description:
Sermon on Judges 6 delivered by Katie G. Cannon at First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reprise of a 1974 sermon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339449
Title:
Thelma M. Odom, 1945.
Subject names:
Odom, Thelma Miller, 1909-2003.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314696
Title:
WCC Consultation on the 10th Assembly Bible studies.
Description:
Bible studies created by Katie G. Cannon for the World Council of Churches 10th Assembly in Busan, Korea.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., World Council of Churches.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Bible--Study and teaching., Ecumenical movement--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Pusan (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:308415
Title:
The Archaeological Excavations at Gezer.
Description:
Materials related to Katie G. Cannon's trip to Jerusalem in 1972, sponsored by the Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem. Includes programs, planning correspondence, and images.
Creator:
Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem. (creator)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Excavations (Archaeology)--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:306463
Title:
Katie G. Cannon sermons, circa 1980s.
Description:
Untitled sermons written by Katie G. Cannon. Includes incomplete drafts.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Emmaus (Israel : Extinct city)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:305789
Title:
Katie G. Cannon's trip to Kenya.
Description:
Materials related to Katie G. Cannon's trip to Kenya with Dr. James Costen in 1999. Includes the essay "A Presbyterian Mission Safari", pamphlets, and correspondence.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (author), National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Presbyterian Church of East Africa., National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian universities and colleges--Kenya., Malaria--Prevention., Missions--Kenya., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Kenya.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:304599
Title:
HIV/AIDs, Poverty, Congregational Ministry, and Theological Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Description:
Subject file for "HIV/AIDs, Poverty, Congregational Ministry, and Theological Education in Sub-Saharan Africa", a conference sponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Also includes materials related to the Network of African Congregational Theology (NetACT).
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity., Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity., Evangelistic work--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Geographic subjects:
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:304319
Title:
Operation Crossroads Africa subject file.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon's subject file for Operation Crossroads Africa, a non-profit organization founded in 1957 by Rev. James H. Robinson to strengthen the community and relations between North America and Africa and the Caribbean. Includes correspondence, reports, programs, pamphlets, and other promotional materials.
Creator:
Vogel, Jerome M. (author), Robinson, James H., 1907-1972. (author), Operation Crossroads Africa. (creator)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Robinson, James H., 1907-1972., Vogel, Jerome M., Operation Crossroads Africa.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Christianity and international relations., Humanitarianism.
Geographic subjects:
Africa., Caribbean Area.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:304146
Title:
The Road to Emmaus.
Description:
Easter sermon written by Katie G. Cannon.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Easter--Sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Emmaus (Israel : Extinct city)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:303876
Title:
The Road to Emmaus.
Description:
Sermon written by Katie G. Cannon.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Emmaus (Israel : Extinct city)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:303067
Title:
Dr. James Costen Interdenominational Theological Center interview.
Description:
Interview with Dr. James Costen regarding his retirement from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300797

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