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:
Gayraud Wilmore, “The Significance of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner for us Today"
Description:
Video lecture delivered for New York Theological Seminary, 30 March 1988.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020. (speaker)
Subject names:
New York Theological Seminary., Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280761
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 Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Jackson, Julius. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181717
Title:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Description:
Sermon, "A Shortness Of Breath" by Rev. Julius Jackson.
Creator:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Jackson, Julius. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181716
Title:
First Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181693
Title:
Presbyterian Church (Potsdam, N.Y.) news coverage, 2020.
Description:
News coverage of hate speech directed at church for its advocacy.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (Potsdam, N.Y.)
Topics:
Racism--United States--22nd century., Hate crimes--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Potsdam (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181682
Title:
South Wedge Mission (Rochester, N.Y.) Pentecost contemplative liturgy, 2020.
Description:
South Wedge is an ecumenical downtown church involving Presbyterians. Martin Nickoloff sits on Rochester's Police Accountability Board. Contemplation titled "Sighs Too Deep For Words"
Creator:
South Wedge Mission (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Nickoloff, Martin. (speaker)
Subject names:
South Wedge Mission (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181659
Title:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Auburn, N.Y.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Creator:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Auburn, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Auburn, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Auburn (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181658
Title:
Coronavirus, meet Racism.
Description:
Sermon given by Rev. Michael Livingston.
Creator:
Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.) (creator), Livingston, Michael. (speaker)
Subject names:
Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century., COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181640
Title:
Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Creator:
Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181635
Title:
A Call and Response to Anti-Black Violence Challenged to Transform.
Description:
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) chapel service, "A Call and Response to Anti-Black Violence: Challenged to Transform." Message by EDS at Union Dean Kelly Brown Douglas, and music by Jeannine Otis.
Creator:
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) (creator), Douglas, Kelly Brown. (speaker)
Subject names:
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181633
Title:
The Normative and Pragmatic Factors in the Ethical Method of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Written by Katie G. Cannon. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shinn, Roger Lincoln., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American civil rights workers., Ethics.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:174364
Title:
Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side B.
Description:
Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side B.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Imprisonment--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals--20th century., Political activists--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166012
Title:
New York Theological Seminary's Introduction to Ministry class, 1983-1984.
Description:
Introduction to Ministry class taught by Gayraud Wilmore at New York Theological Seminary, 1983-1984.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, New York Theological Seminary.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Theological seminaries--New York (State)--New York., Theology--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160506
Title:
Oscar McCloud and Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Presbytery of New York City, May 2006.
Creator:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (creator)
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-, Tutu, Desmond, 1931-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New York.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Anti-apartheid activists--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160505
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore leading an anti-apartheid demonstration in Rochester, New York, 1979.
Description:
Leading at anti-apartheid demonstration in front of a bank in Rochester, N.Y., investing in S.A. Circa winter 1979.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Anti-apartheid activists--United States., Anti-apartheid movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160504
Title:
New York City Gay Pride Parade, 1982.
Description:
PLGC Banner. NYC Gay Pride Parade, 1982.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Gay pride parades--New York (State)--New York., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153425
Title:
New York City Gay Pride Parade, 1982.
Description:
PLGC Banner. NYC Gay Pride Parade, 1982.
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Gay pride parades--New York (State)--New York., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153424
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1948.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; Communism; family values and gender roles; the creation of the World Council of Churches; the United States presidential election; religion in the public schools; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., United States. Army., Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948., Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948., Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949., Davis, Garry, 1921-2013., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950., Marshall Plan., United Nations., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Assembly (1st : 1948 : Amsterdam, Netherlands), Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Religious tolerance., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Communism and international relations., Presidents--United States--1948., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., Soviet Union--Relations--Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152869
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1947.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962., United Nations., Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965., MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964., Mayo Clinic., World Conference of Christian Youth (2nd : 1947 : Oslo, Norway), Berggrav, Eivind, 1884-1959., Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969., Marshall Plan., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Nonviolence--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., France--Social conditions--20th century., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., India--History--Partition, 1947.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152623

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