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Description:Vigil for "unity and peace," folllowing police murder of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.Creator:Fallston Presbyterian Church (Fallston, Md.) (creator)Subject names:Fallston Presbyterian Church (Fallston, Md.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Fallston (Md.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181670
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Description:Preached by Rev. Newbold in his capacity as Moderator of Baltimore Presbytery, in an attempt to explain the recent riots in Baltimore following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King,Creator:Newbold, Robert T., 1920- (author)Subject names:First Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, Md.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Baltimore. Moderator (Newbold : 1968), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination.Topics:Race relations--Sermons., Sermons, American--African American authors., Riots--Maryland--Baltimore--April, 1968.Geographic subjects:Baltimore (Md.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161400
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Description:On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.Creator:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.Subject names:Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.Topics:Civil rights--Religious aspectsURL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146310
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Description:Silent march by gay and lesbian Presbyterians and their allies in plenary of the 203rd General Assembly of the PC(USA), introduced by moderator Herb Valentine. Media services identifier PM 91-013.Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency. Media Services.Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.), Valentine, Herbert Duncan, 1935-Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--20th century.Geographic subjects:Baltimore (Md.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145297
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Description:Blake, in straw hat, is preceded by William Sloane Coffin, chaplain of Yale University, and followed by Roman Catholic Father Joseph Connolly, as group moves in on Gwynn Oak Park to challenge segregation. [From Presbyterian Life, August 1, 1963, p. 25.]Subject names:Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Woodlawn--20th century.Geographic subjects:Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7105
