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:
Katie G. Cannon papers, 1979-2019.
Description:
Primarily incoming correspondence from various institutions and organizations planning speaking engagements during her career as an educator and theologian. Also includes programs, clippings, and promotional materials.
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., University of Pennsylvania., Princeton Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Women's Ministries., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.), Westminster John Knox Press., Union Presbyterian Seminary., Peace Lutheran Church (Wayland, Mass.), Vanderbilt University. Divinity School., Turner Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.), Yale University. Divinity School., Women's Theological Center (Boston, Mass.), Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education., Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Theology--Study and teaching., Education--Study and teaching., Womanist theology.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:303629
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:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Theology--Study and teaching., Liberation theology.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:302204
Title:
Womanist Ethics for the 21st Century.
Description:
Lecture given by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., at Princeton Theological Seminary. Also includes correspondence with PTS staff planning her speaking engagements at the school. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Gillespie, Thomas W., 1928-. (author), McMillon, Marella. (author), Hanson, Geddes W. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Ethics.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N.J.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:174428
Title:
Out of the Shadows of Death.
Description:
Delivered by Katie G. Cannon at Princeton Theological Seminary, April 3, 2000.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166502
Title:
A Montage of Mercy.
Description:
Katie Geneva Cannon speaking at Princeton Theological Seminary, February 6, 2003.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166497

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