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:
Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 1.
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.
Creator:
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Subject names:
Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topics:
African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346909
Title:
Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 4.
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.
Creator:
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Subject names:
Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topics:
African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346908
Title:
Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 3.
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.
Creator:
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Subject names:
Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topics:
African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects-- Islam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346907
Title:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
Description:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Grosvenor, John H. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345262
Title:
Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
Description:
Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
Creator:
Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345260
Title:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore to the Commission on Religion and Race.
Description:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore, Executive Director, to members of the Commission on Religion and Race regarding their upcoming meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345255
Title:
United Presbyterian Commission on Religion and Race.
Description:
Outlines the purpose, composition, and authority of the newly formed UPCUSA Commission on Religion and Race.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345248
Title:
Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
Description:
Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345245
Title:
Martin Luther King Jr., "The church on the frontier of racial tension," 1965.
Description:
Address delivered at the Christian Action Conference, Montreat, N.C., August 1965.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968., Jr. (speaker)
Subject names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Racism--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280656
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore's "Questions and Answers on the Black Manifesto."
Description:
Proof copy of a 1969 edition of the "Christian Advocate," which features an excerpt of Gayraud Wilmore's essay, "Questions and Answers on the Black Manifesto." Also includes letters written by John A. Lovelace, News Editor of the "Christian Advocate", and Perry T. Fuller, Director of the Board for Urban Ministry.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Lovelace, John A. (author), Fuller, Perry T. (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., Wilmore, Gayraud S., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178982
Title:
National Committee of Black/Negro Churchmen records, 1966-1970.
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
Title:
Black Manifesto and La Raza responses, 1969.
Description:
Responses from both UPCUSA and PCUS leaders and agencies to the demands made at the 181st General Assembly in San Antonio by James Forman of the National Black Economic Development Conference and Eliezer Risco of La Raza.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (author), Sweazey, George E. (George Edgar), 1905-1992. (author), Smith, John Coventry, 1903- (author), Todd, Wayne P. (author), Lynn, R. Matthew. (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.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions., Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178731
Title:
181st General Assembly press releases regarding Black Manifesto and La Raza, 1969.
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
Title:
Black Manifesto.
Description:
National Black Economic Development Conference publication dedicated to the Black Manifesto, a presentation delivered by James Forman in Detroit, Michigan on April 26, 1969.
Creator:
National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Area Planning Council--Archives., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), Forman, James, 1928-2005., National Committee of Black Churchmen.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178700
Title:
Black Manifesto and responses, 1969.
Description:
Transcript of the Black Manifesto delivered by James Forman at the National Black Economic Development Conference in Detroit, Michigan on April 26, 1969, and responses to it made by religious leaders, including Gayraud Wilmore and the National Committee of Black Churchman.
Creator:
Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Ramage, David. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), Forman, James, 1928-2005., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Flemming, Arthur S. (Arthur Sherwood), 1905-1996., National Committee of Black Churchmen., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177660
Title:
Fund for Freedom, 1964-1970.
Description:
Materials related to a "Fund for Freedom", the special initiative for congregations to raise money to support the Council on Church and Race. Features correspondence, financial statements, reports, promotional materials, and brochures.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. (author), Logan, Jay M. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author), Johnson, Roger H. (author), Ramirez, Ruth. (author), Cox, W. K. (author), Taylor, Theophilus Mills, 1909-. (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., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. Department of Interpretation and Stewardship., Wilmore, Gayraud S., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177604
Title:
Fund for Freedom, 1964-1969.
Description:
Materials related to a "Fund for Freedom", the special initiative for congregations to raise money to support the Council on Church and Race. Features correspondence, financial statements, reports, promotional materials, newsletters, and brochures.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. (author), Lyttle, James A. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Logan, Jay M. (author), Thomas, Winburn Townshed, 1909-1981. (author), Calkins, Bruce. (author), Jameson, Vic. (author), McKinnis, Carole. (author), Karsch, Carl G. (author), Firth, Richard W. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (author), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author), Anderson, Donald L. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author), Wooley, Woodrow. (author), Morgan, George Pidock, 1923-. (author), Mercado, Juan E. (author), Moore, Richard E. (author), Eichenberg, Henry. (author), Williams, Edward E. (author), Clark, Paul S. (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., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. Department of Interpretation and Stewardship., Wilmore, Gayraud S., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-., Logan, Jay M.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177507
Title:
Black Power correspondence, 1966-1968.
Description:
Correspondence regarding the subject of Black Power, 1966-1968.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-. (author), Howe, Mark De Wolfe, 1906-1967. (author), Perkins, Charles. (author), Westhafer, W. James. (author), Stevenson, Art. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author), McKirachan, J. Frederick. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., American Civil Liberties Union., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177488
Title:
Black Power, 1966-1968.
Description:
Council on Church and Race file related to the Black Power movement. Includes correspondence, articles, newsletters, essays, and reports.
Creator:
Lee, Bob. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Wright, Nathan. (author), Powell, Adam C. (author), Fiske, Edward B. (author), Spritzer, Adam C. (author), McKirachan, J. Frederick. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author), Pogue, Isaiah. (author), Patrick, LeRoy. (author), Anderson, John E. (author), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-. (author), Payton, Benjamin Franklin, 1932-2016. (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., National Conference on Black Power., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Wilmore, Gayraud S.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177420
Title:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description:
Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Early, Gerald Lyn. (author), Dorrien, Gary J. (author), Clinton, Hillary Rodham. (author), Sharma, Arvind. (author), Gilman, Andrew. (author), Swearer, Donald K., 1934-. (author), Williams, Preston N. (author), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Harvard Divinity School., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969., Dixon, Maceo.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175658

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