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:
Amanda Labarca.
Subject names:
Labarca, Amanda, 1886-1975.
Topics:
Missions--Chile--20th century., Women civic leaders--Chile--20th century., Civic leaders--Chile--20th century., Women social reformers--Chile--20th century., Social reformers--Chile--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Chile.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280593
Title:
Restorative Justice: Toward Nonviolence.
Description:
The Discussion on Crime and Justice Continues by the Rev. Virginia Mackey. A discussion, study, and action resource which calls upon individuals, groups, and congregations in the Presbyterian Church to work towards establishing a restorative criminal justice model that provides a nonviolent alternative to imprisonment.
Creator:
Mackey, Virginia. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Criminal Justice Program.
Topics:
Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Restorative justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280498
Title:
Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) worship, July 5, 2020.
Description:
Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.
Creator:
Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)
Subject names:
Sueing, Oscar., Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182032
Title:
Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) worship, June 7, 2020.
Description:
Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.
Creator:
Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)
Subject names:
Sueing, Oscar, Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182031
Title:
Milton Arthur Galamison school boycott, 1964-1965.
Description:
Materials related to the New York City school boycott orchestrated by Milton Arthur Galamison, pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church. Galamison and hundreds of students marched through Harlem in protest of the continued segregation of New York's public schools, and the mistreatment of Black and Puerto Rican children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of New York City--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Segregation in education--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181881
Title:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), 1955-1962.
Description:
PCUS Department of Negro Work subject file on Metz Rollins and Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Church Extension. Division of Negro Work. (creator)
Subject names:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), First Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-2009.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181761
Title:
Campbell and Hudnut on Angela Davis audiotape, 1971.
Description:
From CBS series "Lamp Unto My Feet."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency., Campbell, Ernest T., Hudnut, William H., III, 1932-2016.
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181760
Title:
Hope Presbyterian Church (Wheaton, Ill.) news coverage, 2020.
Creator:
WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) (creator)
Subject names:
Hope Presbyterian Church (Wheaton, Ill.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Wheaton (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181727
Title:
Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.) sermon, 2020.
Description:
"The Fierce Urgency of Now," by Rev. Mark Sandlin.
Creator:
Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.) (creator), Sandlin, Mark. (speaker)
Subject names:
Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Greensboro (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181726
Title:
Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) worship, 2021.
Description:
"Peace, Peace, Where There Is No Peace," by Rev. Rodney Sadler Jr.
Creator:
Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) (creator), Sadler, Rodney, Jr. (speaker)
Subject names:
Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Charlotte (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181725
Title:
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Creator:
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020 (creator)
Subject names:
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181724
Title:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) sermon, 2016.
Description:
On the church's Black Lives Matter banner and discussions with the San Francisco Police Department.
Creator:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181723
Title:
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) worship, 2020.
Description:
Worship in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.
Creator:
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181722
Title:
Supplee Presbyterian Church (Maple Glen, Pa.) prayer, 2020.
Description:
Prayer video in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.
Creator:
Supplee Presbyterian Church (Maple Glen, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Supplee Presbyterian Church (Maple Glen, Pa.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Montgomery County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181721
Title:
Woodland Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Woodland Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) (creator)
Subject names:
Woodland Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Charlotte (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181720
Title:
Vigil for Justice for Breonna Taylor, 2020.
Description:
News coverage of PC(USA) vigil for Breonna Taylor.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II.
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181719
Title:
Westwood Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Westwood Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.) (creator)
Subject names:
Westwood Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181718
Title:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Jackson, Julius. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181717
Title:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Description:
Sermon, "A Shortness Of Breath" by Rev. Julius Jackson.
Creator:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Jackson, Julius. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181716
Title:
Presbyterian Church (Morristown, N.J.) Black Lives Matter rally, 2014.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (Morristown, N.J.) (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (Morristown, N.J.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Morristown (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181715

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