Katie G. Cannon Collection

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Katie Geneva Cannon was the first Black woman ordained a minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. She was born in 1950 in the Fisher Town neighborhood of Kannapolis, N.C., one of the seven children of Corine and Esau Cannon. She graduated from Barber-Scotia College (Concord, N.C.), completed a Doctor of Divinity at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, and was the first African American to complete a Doctor of Philosophy at Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). She was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Catawba in 1974. A founding voice in Womanist theology, Cannon taught at Temple University, and Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Va.). In 2018 she founded the Center for Womanist Ethics at Union in Richmond; she died August 8, 2018. This collection represents in a single online location personal records of Katie's that she intended to distribute among Presbyterian Historical Society, Union Presbyterian Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary in New York. Featured image: Katie G. Cannon preaching, circa 1993.

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Title:
Howard Thurman subject file.
Description:
Includes "A Correlation Between the Action-Norms Within the Religious Ethics of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr." by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Thurman, Howard, 1900-1981., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Black theology., Ethics.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287248
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Katie G. Cannon Interdenominational Theological Center files, circa 1971-1974.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon's files related to her time as a student at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes commencement programs, report cards, clippings, certificates, and publications. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator:
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Theological seminaries--Georgia--Atlanta., African American seminarians., Women seminarians.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284578
Title:
Katie G. Cannon Barber Scotia College files, circa 1967-1996.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon's files related to Barber Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina. Includes commencement programs, report cards, awards, clippings, certificates, and publications. Materials span both her time as a student and as an alumna. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator:
Barber-Scotia College. (creator)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Barber-Scotia College.--Alumni and alumnae., Barber-Scotia College., Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American universities and colleges--North Carolina--Concord., African American universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae.
Geographic subjects:
Concord (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:283804

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