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.
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
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:
Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description:
Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344307
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:
Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
Description:
Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creator:
Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300798
Title:
National Public Radio (NPR) - Blakely, Georgia, June 28, 1990.
Description:
News program by NPR's John Burnett regarding Blakely, Georgia's Concerned Black Citizens Committee's federal civil rights suit against the City of Blakely and the Blakely Fire Department. The suit alleges that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown and two of his firefighters belong to the Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Creator:
National Public Radio (U.S.) (creator), Burnett, John F. (reporter)
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., Race discrimination--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286345
Title:
Life and Death in Blakely, Georgia, 1991.
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
Title:
Milton Arthur Galamison school boycott, 1964-1965.
Description:
Materials related to the New York City school boycott orchestrated by Milton Arthur Galamison, pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church. Galamison and hundreds of students marched through Harlem in protest of the continued segregation of New York's public schools, and the mistreatment of Black and Puerto Rican children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of New York City--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Segregation in education--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181881
Title:
National Council of Churches Campaign Against the Burning of Black Churches.
Description:
Promotional pamphlet for the National Council of Churches Campaign Against the Burning of Black Churches, created in response to the rise in attacks by white supremacists.
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.
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:179229
Title:
National Council of Churches Campaign Against the Burning of Black Churches.
Description:
Promotional pamphlet for the National Council of Churches Campaign Against the Burning of Black Churches, created in response to the rise in attacks by white supremacists.
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.
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:179223
Title:
Out of the Ashes.
Description:
Special edition newsletter created by the NCC Burned Churches Project Office. Volume 2, number 1.
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., Jones, Mac Charles, 1950-1997.
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., African American civic leaders--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179165
Title:
Out of the Ashes.
Description:
Special edition newsletter created by the NCC Burned Churches Project Office, Fall 1996.
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., Jones, Mac Charles, 1950-1997.
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:179152
Title:
Church Burning Chronicle.
Description:
A publication of the National Coalition for Burned Churches and Community Empowerment. Volume 1, number 1, July 1998.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., National Coalition for Burned Churches and Community Empowerment.
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:179135
Title:
A Time to Heal.
Description:
National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA 1996-1997 Report on the Burned Churches Project.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (creator)
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., Jones, Mac Charles, 1950-1997.
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:179102
Title:
Church rebuilding, Birmingham, Alabama.
Description:
Community rebuilding a church in Birmingham, Alabama, after it was burned by white supremacists.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Crimes against--Alabama--Birmingham., Arson--Alabama--Birmingham., Hate crimes--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--Alabama--Birmingham., Church buildings--Reconstruction.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179071
Title:
Church rebuilding, Birmingham, Alabama.
Description:
Community rebuilding a church in Birmingham, Alabama, after it was burned by white supremacists.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Crimes against--Alabama--Birmingham., Arson--Alabama--Birmingham., Hate crimes--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--Alabama--Birmingham., Church buildings--Reconstruction.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179070
Title:
Church rebuilding, Birmingham, Alabama.
Description:
Community rebuilding a church in Birmingham, Alabama, after it was burned by white supremacists.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Crimes against--Alabama--Birmingham., Arson--Alabama--Birmingham., Hate crimes--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--Alabama--Birmingham., Church buildings--Reconstruction.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179069
Title:
Church rebuilding, Birmingham, Alabama.
Description:
Community rebuilding a church in Birmingham, Alabama, after it was burned by white supremacists.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Crimes against--Alabama--Birmingham., Arson--Alabama--Birmingham., Hate crimes--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--Alabama--Birmingham., Church buildings--Reconstruction.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179068

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