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Description:Movie produced by the Center for Democratic Renewal documenting the Ku Klux Klan's involvement in and influence on the City of Blakely Fire Department. Includes coverage of the deaths of Charles McCoy and Antavious Williams, two African American children, purportedly due to the fire department's negligence; an interview segment with Sara Ann McCoy, mother of Charles; a speech by Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones, vice chair of the Center for Democratic Renewal; interview segments with Ben Cawthon and Wilbur Robinson of Blakely's Concerned Black Citizens Committee; and a statement by David Griffin, former Blakely City Council member, asserting that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.Creator:Center for Democratic Renewal. (producer), Levitas, Daniel. (producer), Bailey, Louis. (film director), Ettinger, Bruce. (film editor)Subject names:Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)Topics:Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286343
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Description:Emergency Conference on Racism press release, brochure, and letter addressed to conference participants written by Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones.Creator:Jones, Mac Charles, 1950-1997. (author)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Emergency Conference on Racism (1996 : Columbia, S.C.), Center for Democratic Renewal., Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.), South Carolina Local Organizing Committee.Topics:African Americans--Crimes against--United States--20th century., Arson--United States--20th century., Hate crimes--United States--20th century., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--United States--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179072
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Description:Includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, memorandums, official statements, and press releases.Creator:National Committee of Black Churchmen. (creator), Rollins, Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (author)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., National Committee of Black Churchmen., National Committee of Negro Churchmen (U.S.), Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy., African Americans--Economic conditions.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178761
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Description:Press releases that spotlight the demands made at the 181st General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, by James Forman of the National Black Economic Development Conference and Eliezer Risco of La Raza.Creator:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. (publisher), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Risco, Eliezer. (author)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Risco, Eliezer., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions., Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.Geographic subjects:San Antonio (Tex.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178705
