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:
Robeson County, N.C. - Eddie Hatcher / Timothy Jacobs - National Public Radio (NPR)
Description:
News program segment by NPR's Donna Carter regarding Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs, two Native American civil rights activists who held hostages at the office of The Robesonian newspaper in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hatcher and Jacobs were protesting discrimination against minority communities, specifically Native Americans, in the criminal justice and court systems of Robeson County. Also covered is deputy sheriff Kevin Stone's killing of Jimmy Earl Cummings, a Lumbee Indian man.
Creator:
National Public Radio (U.S.) (creator), Carter, Donna. (reporter)
Subject names:
Hatcher, Eddie., Jacobs, Timothy., Cummings, Jimmy Earl.
Topics:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States--20th century., Lumbee Indians--North Carolina--Robeson County., Police corruption--North Carolina--Robeson County.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286443
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore, “The Significance of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner for us Today"
Description:
Video lecture delivered for New York Theological Seminary, 30 March 1988.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020. (speaker)
Subject names:
New York Theological Seminary., Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280761
Title:
Aids Name Project quilt.
Description:
Names Project quilt panel made for David Sindt by Barry Smith, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1988.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.), Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.), Smith, Barry.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153438
Title:
Aids Name Project quilt.
Description:
David Sindt quilt panel at Names Project Quilt Display at Navy Pier, Chicago, 1988.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153437
Title:
Aids Name Project quilt.
Description:
Panel for David Sindt (1 of 4). Maker unknown.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153436
Title:
Aids Name Project quilt.
Description:
Names Project Quilt display at Navy Pier, Chicago 1988.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153435

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