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:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
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
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
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
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
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
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:
Letters from Cesar Chavez and James J. Cochran to Dean H. Lewis, 1974.
Description:
A March 21, 1974 letter from labor activist Cesar Chavez and a January 24, 1974 letter from James J. Cochran of the Presbyterian Lay Committee.
Creator:
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. (author), Cochran, James J. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Farm Workers of America., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., Presbyterian Lay Committee., Cochran, James J., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Topics:
Church and the world., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344293
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:
Letter to U.S. Congress from the Board of Christian Education, April 29, 1964.
Description:
Letter to U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate from the Board of Christian Education's Joseph J. Copeland and Margaret E. (Maggie) Kuhn regarding the Becker Amendment (H.J.Res. 693), April 29, 1964.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. (creator), Copeland, Joseph J. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., Kuhn, Maggie., Copeland, Joseph J., United States. Congress.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344285
Title:
Letter from Anne Wexler to Dean H. Lewis, January 18, 1980.
Description:
Letter addressed to Dean Lewis regarding energy issues and his recent visit to the White House. Written by Anne Wexler, Assistant to President Jimmy Carter.
Creator:
Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United States. President (1977-1981: Carter), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009.
Topics:
Church and the world., Energy conservation. 
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344283
Title:
Letter from Sam H. Franklin, Jr. to Lois Stair, December 28, 1971.
Description:
Letter from Professor Sam H. Franklin, Jr. of Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, to Lois Stair, Moderator of the General Assembly, concerning Christian morality and the Vietnam War.
Creator:
Franklin, Sam H. (author), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Stair, Lois, 1923-1981., Franklin, Sam H., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Moral and ethical aspects.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344269
Title:
Letter and articles from Chris Glaser to the ruling elders of First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys.
Description:
Regarding Chris Glaser's identity as a gay Presbyterian.
Creator:
Glaser, Chris. (author), First Presbyterian Church (Van Nuys, Calif.) (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Glaser, Chris., First Presbyterian Church (Van Nuys, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344259
Title:
Sugar Quota letters, 1971.
Description:
Letters from John R. Yost and Dean H. Lewis (June 4 and 28, 1971) to members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives regarding Sugar Quota legislation and apartheid in South Africa. Includes replies from Senator Walter F. Mondale (July 22, 1971) and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (September 21, 1971).
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (author), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. (author), Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021. (author), Yost, John R. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021., Yost, John R., United States. Congress.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Foreign trade regulation--United States., Anti-apartheid activists--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Foreign economic relations--South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344210
Title:
Letter from Leonard Peltier to Rev. Ned H. Benson, circa 1973.
Description:
Written by Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, regarding his arrest. Addressed to Rev. Ned H. Benson, pastor of Forest Park United Presbyterian Church in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Creator:
Peltier, Leonard. (author), Benson, Ned H. (addressee)
Subject names:
Peltier, Leonard.
Topics:
Indian activists--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286269
Title:
Letter from Robert A. Baker to Sophia LaRusso, May 17, 1972.
Description:
Written by Robert A. Baker, Secretary of the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners. Addressed to Sophia LaRusso of the United Presbyterian Church Council on Church and Race regarding their $10,000 donation to the fund.
Creator:
Baker, Robert A. (author), LaRusso, Sophia. (addressee)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, National United Committee to Free Angela Davis., Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race.
Topics:
African American women political activists--United States--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church controversies--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286266
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:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), 1955-1962.
Description:
PCUS Department of Negro Work subject file on Metz Rollins and Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Church Extension. Division of Negro Work. (creator)
Subject names:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), First Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Fla.), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-2009.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181761
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

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