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Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Subject names:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359657
Description:
Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Subject names:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359656
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Costen, James Hutten, 1955-2018. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American Christian educators., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348016
Description:
Memorial service for Melva Costen, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Oscar McCloud presiding. Speakers include J. Herbert Nelson, Denise Anderson, Paul Roberts.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II, 1959-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-, Anderson, T. Denise
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345474
Description:
Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Subject names:
North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345295
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
Creator:
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181708
Creator:
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181707
Creator:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181657
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Description:
Sermon given by Rev. Andrew Stephens on public lynching by police.
Creator:
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator), Stephens, Andrew. (speaker)
Subject names:
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181654
Description:
Presidential Inaugural Lecture on theme "The Challenge of the 21st Century," April 8, 2011, held at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. m4v file ripped from DVD. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G.
Subject names:
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:170579
Description:
Oral history taken with Oscar McCloud at the gathering of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus in Atlanta, June 27, 2019.
Creator:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewee)
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Interviews.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.--United States.--Foreign relations
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:167078
Description:
Footage of Black Presbyterians United gathering 1984, including Lenton Gunn, Jr., Gayraud Wilmore, Prathia Hall-Wynn, Joan SalmonCampbell.
Creator:
Black Presbyterians United
Subject names:
SalmonCampbell, Joan, 1938-, Gunn, Lenton, Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921, Hall, Prathia LauraAnn
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151708
Description:
Interview of Corine Cannon conducted in Atlanta, Ga., June 2019
Creator:
Cannon, Corine, 1919-
Subject names:
Cannon, Corine, 1919-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Kannapolis (N.C.), Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150680
Description:
Live video broadcast of communion at reunion of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. and the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Atlanta, Ga., June 1983. Transfer from 1" type C videotape master.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69963
Description:
Closed-circuit broadcast of communion at Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), transferred from 3/4" magnetic (U-Matic) videotape.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly (123th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Lord's Supper., Presbyterian Church—United States., Christian union--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10112
Description:
Closed-circuit broadcast of communion at Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), transferred from 3/4" magnetic (U-Matic) videotape.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly (123th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church—United States., Lord's Supper., Christian union--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10111
Description:
Closed-circuit broadcast of communion at Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), transferred from 3/4" magnetic (U-Matic) videotape.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly (123th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Lord's Supper., Christian union--Georgia--Atlanta., Presbyterian Church—United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10110

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