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History of Presbyterian General Assemblies--annual and now biennial meetings to review the work of the denomination and resolve controversies within the church. Featured image: Rev. Joan Salmon Campbell at the 202nd General Assembly, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990.

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Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Registration in the lobby of the Theatre of Performing Arts.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator), Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161291
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Rev. George E. Sweazey with retiring moderator, Dr. John C. Smith.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator), Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Sweazey, George E. (George Edgar), 1905-1992., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161290
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Exhibit of General Division of Higher Education -- designed and created by students in the Art Dept. of Trinity University.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Division of Higher Education.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Christian education--Exhibitions.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161289
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Edler Hawkins, Chairman of Council on Church and Race, Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, Chairman of Division of Church and Race, and Rev. John Duley, Chairman Standing Committee on Church and Society.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Duley, John.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161288
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Eliezer Risco, editor of La Raza and spokesman for Mexican-Americans.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Risco, Eliezer.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Chicano movement., Mexican American political activists.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161287
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
James Forman, spokesman for National Black Economic Development Conference, addresses the General Assembly.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator), Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161282
Title:
Black Manifesto Leadership at 181st General Assembly, 1969.
Description:
Spokesmen for black- and brown-power organizations outline their positions at press conference following Assembly session. From left: Obed Lopez, of the Latin American Defense Organization; Eliezer Risco, of La Raza; James Forman, of the National Black Economic Development Conference; the Rev. Gayraud S. Wilmore, chairman of the Presbyterian Division of Church and Race; the Rev. J. Metz Rollins, of the National Committee of Black Churchmen; the Rev. Willis C. Tabor, of Black Presbyterians United; and the Rev. Frank H. Heinze, of the Presbyterian Office of Information. (From Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1969, p. 8, "Challenge and response" article.)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas), Lopez, Obed., Risco, Eliezer., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-, Tabor, Willis C., Heinze, Frank H., Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139009
Title:
Black manifesto, May 15, 1969.
Description:
Presentation of UPCUSA General Council to the General Assembly by Eliezer Risco, Obed Lopez, Gayraud Wilmore, James Forman, Metz Rollins, and Edler G. Hawkins to the 181st General Assembly, May 15, 1969, on Forman's Black Manifesto and racial reconciliation.
Creator:
Risco, Eliezer. (speaker), Lopez, Obed. (speaker), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (speaker), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (speaker), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116533
Title:
Faith "Birdie" Lytle interviewed by Lois Boyd and Doug Brackenridge, 1979.
Description:
Mrs. Lytle discusses her experiences as the wife of the Moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. Interview conducted by Lois Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge.
Creator:
Lytle, Faith Williamson, 1923-2005. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1978-1979 : Lytle)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116442
Title:
Faith "Birdie" Lytle interviewed by Lois Boyd and Doug Brackenridge, 1979, side 2.
Description:
Mrs. Lytle discusses her experiences as the wife of the Moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. Interview conducted by Lois Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge.
Creator:
Lytle, Faith Williamson, 1923-2005. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1978-1979 : Lytle)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116433
Title:
Faith "Birdie" Lytle interviewed by Lois Boyd and Doug Brackenridge, 1979, side 1.
Description:
Mrs. Lytle discusses her experiences as the wife of the Moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. Interview conducted by Lois Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge.
Creator:
Lytle, Faith Williamson, 1923-2005. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1978-1979 : Lytle)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116424

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