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:
Arrest of Eugene Carson Blake, 1963.
Description:
On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146310
Title:
Edler G. Hawkins speech, 1964.
Description:
Edler Hawkins speaking on the role of the Presbyterian Church in the civil rights struggle. Presented at General Assembly, probably 1964.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116235
Title:
The meaning of the Birmingham tragedy, 1963.
Description:
Protestant Council of the City of New York panel discussion with James Baldwin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dr. Thomas C. Kilgore, Jr., focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. A program in the television series: Our Protestant heritage.
Subject names:
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998.
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Birmingham (Ala.)--History--Bombardment--Sept. 15, 1963.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71692
Title:
We mean to stay:
Description:
Documents the agency of the National Council of Churches offering economic and social welfare assistance to the underprivileged in the delta area of Mississippi.
Creator:
Roos, Barbara. (contributor), Thompson, Ken. (contributor)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Missions--Mississippi., African Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Delta (Miss. : Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4288

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