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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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Title:
Zora Neale Hurston and the Ruby McCollum Trial.
Description:
Lectures, teaching materials, correspondence, and publicity documents related to the trial of Ruby McCollum, a Black woman who was charged with murdering a white man in 1950s Florida, and author, Zora Neale Hurston, who covered the case for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Also includes material related to the documentary about the trial, "You Belong To Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South." Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G., Thompson-Miller, Ruth, 1957- (author), Saltzman, Hilary. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Hurston, Zora Neale., McCollum, Ruby, 1909-1992., Kim, Nami.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Discrimination in justice administration., African American women authors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175779
Title:
The Inclusion of Sermons in Black Women's Novels.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Episcopal Divinity School. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Hurston, Zora Neale., Episcopal Divinity School.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., African American women authors.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175751
Title:
Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group review report, 2000.
Description:
Submitted by chair of the group, Marcia Y. Riggs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Riggs, Marcia. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., American Academy of Religion.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175743
Title:
Research Project Report.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon's research project report from her time as a Women's Studies in Religion Program Associate at Harvard Divinity School. Her research project is titled, "Resources for a Constructive Ethic: The Black Woman's Literary Tradition." Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Harvard Divinity School., Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute., Harvard University.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Ethics., African American women authors., Literary ethics.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175739
Title:
Women of Color and the Study of Religion and Theology.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Also includes Laura I. Rendón's review of the book, Teaching What You're Not: Identity Politics in Higher Education by Katherine J. Mayberry. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Rendón, Laura I. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Mayberry, Katherine J., 1950-.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Theology--Study and teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175727
Title:
Lessons of Liberation in the Struggle for Freedom.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., Union Presbyterian Seminary. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Boesak, Allan, 1945-., Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Liberation theology.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175711
Title:
Confidence in the Ableness of God.
Description:
Sermon by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Refers to 1 Kings 19:1-12 and Romans 8:31-39. Includes missing pages with some source content unknown. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible. Kings, 1st., Bible. Romans.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175699
Title:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description:
Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Early, Gerald Lyn. (author), Dorrien, Gary J. (author), Clinton, Hillary Rodham. (author), Sharma, Arvind. (author), Gilman, Andrew. (author), Swearer, Donald K., 1934-. (author), Williams, Preston N. (author), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Harvard Divinity School., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969., Dixon, Maceo.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175658
Title:
Factors Determining the Form and Content of My Religious Quest.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon for Psychology of Religion course at the Interdenomational Theological Center. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175650
Title:
Resources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women in the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston.
Description:
Dissertation proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Ethics at the Union Theological Seminary, New York City. Written by Katie G. Cannon. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Hurston, Zora Neale.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American women authors., Christian ethics., Literary ethics.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175627
Title:
A Future Rolling Backward
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Theology--Study and teaching., Ethics.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175616
Title:
Calling for the Order of the Day.
Description:
Sermon by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Refers to Numbers 13:25-33. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
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. Numbers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175606
Title:
Black Women’s Lives as Sacred Text.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Pages 4-6, 11-14 of document are not included. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., African American women in literature.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175596
Title:
The Gift and the Curse of Class Marginality in Alice Walker’s "Meridian."
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Walker, Alice, 1944-.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., African American women authors., Class consciousness in literature.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175585
Title:
A Womanist Approach to Globalization.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Episcopal Divinity School. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Episcopal Divinity School.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Sex role and globalization.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175567
Title:
Katie G. Cannon's lecture notes.
Description:
Lecture notes regarding the Syrian Civil War. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil war--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175562
Title:
Afterthoughts for “To Be Called Beloved.”
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175546
Title:
The History of Black Womankind, Work, and Poverty in the South.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., African American women--History., African American women--Southern States.
Geographic subjects:
Southern States--Race relations--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175536
Title:
Alice Walker subject file.
Description:
Notebook containing notes, articles, poems, and lectures by Alice Walker. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Walker, Alice, 1944-. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Walker, Alice, 1944-.
Topics:
African American women authors., African American intellectuals., African American women political activists., African American women social reformers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175397
Title:
Catching Our Moral Breath
Description:
Keynote address by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro as part of the conference, "Transformations and Tensions in the Academy: Celebrating 25 Years of Women's Studies at UNCG." Also includes the conference program and correspondence with UNCG staff planning her speaking engagement. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Mille, Katherine W. (author), Bailey, Libby. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Cannon, Katie G., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology.
Geographic subjects:
Greensboro (N.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175367

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