Civil rights, protests, and social reformers

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History of Presbyterian and ecumenical involvement in civil rights movements, protests, and social justice issues, as well as individual social reformers and activists. Featured image: Presbyterian peacemaking rally to freeze nuclear weapons, 1985.

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Title:
Zora Neale Hurston and the Ruby McCollum Trial.
Description:
Lectures, teaching materials, correspondence, and publicity documents related to the trial of Ruby McCollum, a Black woman who was charged with murdering a white man in 1950s Florida, and author, Zora Neale Hurston, who covered the case for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Also includes material related to the documentary about the trial, "You Belong To Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South." Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G., Thompson-Miller, Ruth, 1957- (author), Saltzman, Hilary. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Hurston, Zora Neale., McCollum, Ruby, 1909-1992., Kim, Nami.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Discrimination in justice administration., African American women authors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175779
Title:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description:
Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Early, Gerald Lyn. (author), Dorrien, Gary J. (author), Clinton, Hillary Rodham. (author), Sharma, Arvind. (author), Gilman, Andrew. (author), Swearer, Donald K., 1934-. (author), Williams, Preston N. (author), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Harvard Divinity School., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969., Dixon, Maceo.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175658
Title:
Katie G. Cannon's lecture notes.
Description:
Lecture notes regarding the Syrian Civil War. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil war--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175562
Title:
Alice Walker subject file.
Description:
Notebook containing notes, articles, poems, and lectures by Alice Walker. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Walker, Alice, 1944-. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Walker, Alice, 1944-.
Topics:
African American women authors., African American intellectuals., African American women political activists., African American women social reformers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175397
Title:
A Correlation Between the Action-Norms Within the Religious Ethics of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Thurman, Howard, 1900-1981.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Christian ethics.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175291
Title:
The Normative and Pragmatic Factors in the Ethical Method of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shinn, Roger Lincoln., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American civil rights workers., Ethics.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:174364

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