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:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 3, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345268
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the work of the Advisory Council on Church and Society, including the creation of task forces. Lewis also discusses commissioners' resolutions at general assemblies, the General Assembly Mission Council, and other aspects of church polity. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345267
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the functions of the Advisory Council on Church and Society and the processes of establishing task forces. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344680
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Yale University. Divinity School., William Jewell College., Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962., First Presbyterian Church (Springdale, Ark.)
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344362
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the history of the Department of Social Education and Action (SEA), the Department of Social Education and Evangelism, and the Office of Church and Society and the work of the Office of Church and Society throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344318
Title:
Letters from Cesar Chavez and James J. Cochran to Dean H. Lewis, 1974.
Description:
A March 21, 1974 letter from labor activist Cesar Chavez and a January 24, 1974 letter from James J. Cochran of the Presbyterian Lay Committee.
Creator:
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. (author), Cochran, James J. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Farm Workers of America., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., Presbyterian Lay Committee., Cochran, James J., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Topics:
Church and the world., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344293
Title:
Statement of Resignation to the General Assembly Mission Council of the United Presbyterian Church, USA by the Reverend Leon E. Fanniel, Executive Director.
Creator:
Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344287
Title:
Letter from Anne Wexler to Dean H. Lewis, January 18, 1980.
Description:
Letter addressed to Dean Lewis regarding energy issues and his recent visit to the White House. Written by Anne Wexler, Assistant to President Jimmy Carter.
Creator:
Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United States. President (1977-1981: Carter), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009.
Topics:
Church and the world., Energy conservation. 
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344283
Title:
The Work of the Standing Committee on Church and Society.
Description:
Work summary and guidelines for newly elected members of the Standing Committee on Church and Society.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344271
Title:
Procedures
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344241
Title:
The Pronouncements of the General Assembly.
Description:
Prepared by the Office of Church and Society, May 10, 1966.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344231
Title:
Department of Social Education and Action.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action.
Topics:
Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344222
Title:
Office of Church and Society.
Description:
Overview of the UPCUSA's Office of Church and Society, which was assigned the responsibility for helping the Church to speak and act with theological obedience and pragmatic effectiveness within and upon the structures and forces of the secular society.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344198
Title:
1971 Functions, Priorities, Limiting Commitments of the Department of Church and Society.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344192
Title:
Advisory Council on Church and Society Thirtieth Anniversary Reunion at Ghost Ranch, August 12-18, 2002.
Description:
Group picture. First row (left to right): Robert Gee, Jeanne Marshall Pritchard, the Rev. Ann Sayre, the Rev. Catherine G. Borchert, Franklin Fung Chow, Norma Raby. Second row (left to right): Nancy Gee, the Rev. Victoria Curtiss, the Rev. Anne Austin Murphy, the Rev. Kathy Lancaster, the Rev. Robert L. Brashear, Marianne R. Lewis, William Raby. Third row (left to right): the Rev. Bobbi Wells Hargleroad, the Rev. Keith Shinaman, Virginia Stotts, Patricia Symes, the Rev. Dean H. Lewis, the Rev. Lewis Lancaster, Ronald L. Stone, the Rev. Dana Wilbanks, the Rev. William Somplatsky-Jarman. Fourth row (left to right): the Rev. Fred Mansfield, Mary Jane Patterson, the Rev. Belinda Curry, the Rev. Jack L. Stotts, the Rev. Richard Symes, the Rev. Richard Dozier, the Rev. Robert F. Smylie, the Rev. Kent M. Organ.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.)
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
Abiquiu (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344191
Title:
Advisory Council on Church and Society Thirtieth Anniversary Reunion at Ghost Ranch, August 12-18, 2002.
Description:
Chairpersons and directors (left to right): the Rev. Jack L. Stotts, chairperson (1972-1973); the Rev. Dean H. Lewis, director (1972-1987); Ms. Jeanne Marshall Pritchard, chairperson (1974-1976); the Rev. Kent M. Organ, chairperson (1977-1979); Mr. William Raby, chairperson (1980-1981); the Rev. Dana W. Wilbanks, chairperson (1982-1984); the Rev. Robert L. Brashear, chairperson (1985-1987).
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.)
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
Abiquiu (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344190
Title:
Dean Lewis at White House breakfast and briefing on energy issues.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., United States. White House Office.
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344189
Title:
Dean Lewis.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344188
Title:
Dean Lewis at Program Agency Board.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344187
Title:
Dean Lewis at White House breakfast and briefing on energy issues.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., United States. White House Office.
Topics:
Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344186

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