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:
Portland, Oregon.
Description:
Portland, Oregon. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, regarding outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71684
Title:
Portland, Oregon.
Description:
Portland, Oregon. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, regarding outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71683
Title:
Portrait of Reverend Charles Henry Parkhurst, D.D.
Description:
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D. "He never feared the face of man."--Earl of Morton on John Knox.
Creator:
Harper & Brothers. (publisher)
Subject names:
Parkhurst, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1842-1933.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:15973
Title:
March leaders confer with president.
Description:
The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:12190
Title:
Presbytery of Winchester Women of the Church meeting.
Description:
Presbytery of Winchester Women of the Church meeting at First Presbyterian Church (Winchester, Va.) 15 April 1971.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Winchester., First Presbyterian Church (Winchester, Va.)
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Women of the Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.)
Geographic subjects:
Winchester (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11050
Title:
Jackie Robinson speaks at National Conference of Christians and Jews meeting.
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
Title:
Youth protest liquor bill.
Description:
Montgomery, Ala.--Teenagers representing the Methodist Youth Assembly picket the state capitol here in protest against a bill that would permit cities to legalize liquor sales. Under present law, counties make the decision. Protestant clergy, laymen and young people from many parts of Alabama stormed the capitol to protest the bill, introduced by Senator George Quarles. Following a hearing by the Senate Temperance Committee, the Quarles Measure was killed by a 4-3 vote. Leading the picket line were (left to right) Dan Jackson and O.C. Brown.
Creator:
Smith, Mildred. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Temperance and religion--Alabama--Montgomery.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11022
Title:
Portrait of Maggie Kuhn.
Description:
Portrait of Maggie Kuhn.
Creator:
Bryan, Julie Jensen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Kuhn, Maggie, 1905-1995.--Portraits., Kuhn, Maggie, 1905-1995--Archives.
Topics:
Women social reformers--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10123
Title:
Watts Rebellion
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8874
Title:
Policeman arresting youth, Watts Rebellion
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8739
Title:
Burning car, Watts Rebellion
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8662
Title:
Watts Rebellion
Description:
[Watts riots.]
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8653
Title:
Police chasing men, Watts Rebellion
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8648
Title:
James Reese.
Description:
James Reese.
Subject names:
Reese, James Foster, 1924-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8633
Title:
They Want to March.
Description:
They Want to March.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8620
Title:
Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Description:
Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8616
Title:
Watts Rebellion
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8612
Title:
Sunday morning after riots in Watts.
Description:
Sunday morning after riots in Watts: National Guardsman escorts church-bound residents through debris-strewn streets. [From Presbyterian Life, Sept. 15, 1965, p. 6.]
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8611
Title:
Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Description:
Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Selma (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8602
Title:
Maggie Kuhn.
Description:
[Maggie Kuhn.]
Creator:
Bachrach, Bradford. (photographer)
Subject names:
Kuhn, Maggie, 1905-1995., Kuhn, Maggie, 1905-1995--Archives.
Topics:
Human rights workers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8388

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