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Title: Melva Costen unedited Living History interview, part 1.
Description: Melva Costen, wife of former general assembly moderator James Costen, discusses her musical life inside and outside the Presbyterian church, and her family's involvement in the Civil Rights movement.
Creator Name(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2013
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-
Topical Subject(s): African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): 20131007205731
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:124561

Title: NAACP leader at Catholic social action parley.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31442 NAACP LEADER AT CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTION PARLEY BOSTON -- Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is shown as he spoke before the National Catholic Social Action Conference at Boston College. At left are Msgr. George G. Higgins, director of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, N.H. Passage of the Civil Rights Act was a moral vindication of the "American dream," Mr. Wilkins said. The NAACP leader said groups who rioted in Harlem, Rochester and Jersey City are not part of any movement. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-HING-8D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Coyne, James. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., National Catholic Social Action Conference., Boston College., Higgins, George, 1916-2002., National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Department., Primeau, Ernest J.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights workers--United States.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., United States., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31442; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31442
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349077

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, July 29, 1964, July 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349375

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Newspaper clipping from The New York Times covering the same event, featuring a slightly different version of photo file image.
Creator Name(s): New York Times Company. (author), Brower, Arthur. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349311

Title: Dr. King, other Negro leaders, ask broad curtailment of demonstrations.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 30, 1964, July 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_05
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349415

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31355 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER ON DEMONSTRATIONS NEW YORK--Negro leaders of four major civil rights groups called for a “broad curtailment” of mass demonstrations until after the Presidential election. Their appeal was issued following a meeting in New York. Shown around the conference table are from left, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Jack Greenberg, NAACP attorney; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; James Farmer, national director of CORE; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; and A. Philip Randolph, chairman of the Negro American Labor Council. Not all of the conference participants supported the appeal. Before the meeting, Dr. King conferred with Mayor Rober F. Wagner on ways to ease racial tensions and raise the economic status of Negroes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-7E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349188

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: James Forman, spokesman for National Black Economic Development Conference, addresses the General Assembly.
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B95 (18); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1854
Identifier (local): slides_b95_18
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161319

Title: Out of the Shadows of Death
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2000, April 2000, April 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
Identifier (local): 21-0109_b1_022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:174578

Title: Out of the Shadows of Death
Description: Includes multiple working drafts written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b2_f70
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:291291

Title: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description: Various essays, publications, and correspondence related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes writings by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Franklin, Robert M., 1954- (author), Jackson, Timothy P. (Timothy Patrick) (author)
Date Created: 2000, circa 2000s
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 49; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f49
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:304709

Title: 30 Years After Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death
Description: Materials related to The Presbyterian Outlook forum which reflected on the 30 year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes a contribution by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., and planning correspondence with Robert Bullock, Editor of the publication.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Bullock, Robert. (author)
Date Created: 1998
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 48; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f48
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:303289

Title: Mrs. Sibley with Mary Bethune.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: #879 MRS. SIBLEY WITH MARY BETHUNE Mrs. Harper Sibley with Mary McLeod Bethune.
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955., Sibley, Georgiana Harper.
Topical Subject(s): Christian women., Women religious leaders., African American civil rights workers., African American Christians., African American women.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 879; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_879
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358886

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. Includes works written by Katie G. Cannon. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (author), Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998. (author), Bennett, John C. (John Coleman), 1902-1995. (author), Heschel, Abraham J. (Abraham Joshua), 1907-1972. (author)
Date Created: 1967, circa 1967-2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--Christianity., Ethics., Liberation theology., Black power., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b1_f19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281978

Title: The Beloved Community and Eco-Justice.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the forty-second anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2010
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Ethics., Liberation ethics., Environmental justice.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b2_f48
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:290710

Title: Preaching in the Language of Justice.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the thirty-second anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for a lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary. Also includes correspondence with PTS staff planning her speaking engagement at the school.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1999, 1999-2000, 1999-2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Theology--Study and teaching., Liberation theology.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 47; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f47
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:302204

Title: Justice Ethics
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the thirty-sixth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2004
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Theology--Study and teaching., Liberation theology.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 41; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f41
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:304888

Title: Tribute to the Reverend Doctor Gardner C. Taylor.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Pastors Conference. Includes a letter from Dr. Iva E. Carruthers.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Carruthers, Iva E., 1945- (author)
Date Created: 2003, 2003-2004, 2003-2004
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Taylor, Gardner C., Samuel DeWitt Proctor Pastors Conference (2004)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f34
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:306793

Title: Field Examination II.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, candidate for Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1980, December 1980, December 1980
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American civil rights workers., Ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b1_f22
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:283716

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