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Description:Text transcribed from caption: William, Patterson, A. McClean, Ben Clark, ? Dr. King Miss Althea William, Att. Clarence MayfieldSubject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000., William, Althea., Mayfield, Clarence., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Clark, Ben.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African Americans--Civil rights.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344032
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: R-L Dr King + Mr Williams Dr King is receiving Man of the year presented from Mr WilliamsCreator:Mobley, Bob. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African Americans--Civil rights.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344030
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Description:Address delivered at the Christian Action Conference, Montreat, N.C., August 1965.Creator:King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968., Jr. (speaker)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Racism--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280656
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Description:Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.Creator:Cannon, Katie G. (author), Early, Gerald Lyn. (author), Dorrien, Gary J. (author), Clinton, Hillary Rodham. (author), Sharma, Arvind. (author), Gilman, Andrew. (author), Swearer, Donald K., 1934-. (author), Williams, Preston N. (author), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (author)Subject names:Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Harvard Divinity School., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969., Dixon, Maceo.Topics:African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics., Black power.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175658
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Description:Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. 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., Thurman, Howard, 1900-1981.Topics:African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Christian ethics.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175291
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Description:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."Subject names:United Church of Christ. General Synod., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Chicago (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143453
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Title:Description:Writer/narrator, Richard Goode ; director, Nancy Carter. Participants: Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, anon. Grand Dragons of the Ku Klux Klan, anon. Northern and Southern citizens. Presents the moral issues in the civil rights struggle with specific suggestions about what individuals can do.Creator:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Goode, Richard. (narrator), Carter, Nancy. (director)Subject names:Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Galamison, , Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.Geographic subjects:Alabama.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116487
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Description:Speakers at an anti-war rally [From left: Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Dr. Henry Steel Commage, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. John C. Bennet].Creator:Goodwin, John C. (photographer)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives., Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8020
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Description:Dr. Charles Leber and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Overseas Breakfast.Creator:Byers, Arthur M., 1915-2002. (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Stewardship and Promotion. (publisher)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Leber, Charles T. (Charles Tudor), 1924-Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7419
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Description:[Hosea L. Williams (standing, left) and Gayraud S. Wilmore (standing, center) at a press conference with Martin Luther King, Jr. (seated, center) and Coretta Scott King (seated, right)]Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7202
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Description:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the Overseas Breakfast in Hotel Webster Hall.Creator:Byers, Arthur M., 1915- (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Stewardship and Promotion. (publisher)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7045
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Description:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.Creator:United Press International. (photographer)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.Geographic subjects:Chicago (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7010
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Description:Dr. Charles Leber and Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Charles Leber and the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relation invited Dr. Martin Luther King as their guest. [Frame 70].Creator:Byers, Arthur M., 1915- (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Stewardship and Promotion. (publisher)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Leber, Charles T. (Charles Tudor), 1924-, United Presbyterian Church of North America. General Assembly (100th : 1958 : Pittsburgh), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh)Topics:Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6139
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Description:Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.Creator:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
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Description:Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.Creator:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870