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Description:Recorded in the Board Room of the Board of National Missions, Interchurch Center, New York, NY in 1964. Conversations between Malcolm X and executives from various Presbyterian agencies and boards. Executives present include: Dr. Archie R. Crouch, Rev. Bryant George, Dr. Kenneth Neigh, Dr. David Ramage, Dr. Harry Stearns, Rev. Matthew H. Thies, Dr. Gayraud S. Willmore, Jr. Others present have not been identified.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346910
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Description:Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.Creator:Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.Topics:LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345470
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Description:Includes letters from Korea regarding Korean Independence Movement.Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.Topics:Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345360
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Description:Includes Presbyterian Church in Canada statement on Korean situation.Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in Canada.Topics:Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345344
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Description:Includes Korean and missionary statements on Korean situation.Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.Topics:Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345297
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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.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344382
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Title:Description:Web site of Restorative Actions, a grass roots voluntary initiative for churches, individuals, mid-councils, and agencies of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as well as other ecumenical partners and interested organizations, to take a leadership stance in opposition to racism and racial privilege. Its premise is that it would be right and fair for predominantly white churches and affiliated organizations to return benefits that have accrued to them directly or indirectly from systemic inequities.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288194
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Subject names:Labarca, Amanda, 1886-1975., Paul, Irven, 1894-1997.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., Missionaries--Chile--20th century.Geographic subjects:Chile.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280595
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Title: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:280594
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Title: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
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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
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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
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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
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Description:Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side A.Creator:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)Subject names:Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Political activists--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals.--United States--20th century., Imprisonment--United States--20th century.Geographic subjects:Rochester (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166011
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Description:Address by James Baldwin to a meeting of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala.Creator:Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. (speaker)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Uppsala (Sweden)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116377
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Description:Address by James Baldwin to a meeting of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala.Creator:Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. (speaker)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Uppsala (Sweden)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116376
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Description:Jackie Robinson speaks at National Conference of Christians and Jews meeting.Creator:Irving Kaufman Studios (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)Subject names:National Conference of Christians and Jews., Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972., Religious News Service--Archives.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11024