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:
Building bridges of understanding.
Description:
Preached by Rev. Newbold in his capacity as Moderator of Baltimore Presbytery, in an attempt to explain the recent riots in Baltimore following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King,
Creator:
Newbold, Robert T., 1920- (author)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, Md.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Baltimore. Moderator (Newbold : 1968), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination.
Topics:
Race relations--Sermons., Sermons, American--African American authors., Riots--Maryland--Baltimore--April, 1968.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161400
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake arrested.
Description:
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed and then released on bond.
Creator:
Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7398
Title:
Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description:
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7310
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake at demonstration.
Description:
Blake, in straw hat, is preceded by William Sloane Coffin, chaplain of Yale University, and followed by Roman Catholic Father Joseph Connolly, as group moves in on Gwynn Oak Park to challenge segregation. [From Presbyterian Life, August 1, 1963, p. 25.]
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Woodlawn--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7105

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