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Description: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
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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
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Subject names:Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357737
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Description:Held by the Presbytery of Philadelphia.Creator:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Philadelphia. (creator)Subject names:Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Philadelphia.Topics:Church dedication--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357727
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Title:Creator:Good Shepherd United Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Good Shepherd United Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church anniversaries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357718
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Creator:First African United Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:First African United Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Overton, Kermit E.Topics:African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357713
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Title:Description:Written by Ward L. Kaiser with Arthur O.F. Bauer, former staff at Friendship Press.Creator:Kaiser, Ward L., 1923- (author), Bauer, Arthur O. F., 1925- (author)Subject names:Friendship Press, inc., Peters projection (Cartography)Topics:Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century., Publishers and publishing--Canada--History--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356189
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Creator:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355310
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Creator:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354900
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Creator:Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354731
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Creator:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354547
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Creator:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354093
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Description:Written by John H. Leith for the PCUS General Assembly Mission Board, 1979. Featured as a chapter in "Pilgrimage of a Presbyterian: Collected Shorter Writings" (2001).Creator:Leith, John H. (author), Raynal, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1943- (editor)Subject names:Leith, John H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly Mission Board.Topics:Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Theology--Study and teaching.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353885
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Title:Creator:Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348268
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Title:Creator:Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348267
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Title:Creator:Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348266
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]Creator:Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)Subject names:Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011