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:
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:
Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
Description:
Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creator:
Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300798
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:
Zora Neale Hurston and the Ruby McCollum Trial.
Description:
Lectures, teaching materials, correspondence, and publicity documents related to the trial of Ruby McCollum, a Black woman who was charged with murdering a white man in 1950s Florida, and author, Zora Neale Hurston, who covered the case for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Also includes material related to the documentary about the trial, "You Belong To Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South." Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G., Thompson-Miller, Ruth, 1957- (author), Saltzman, Hilary. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Hurston, Zora Neale., McCollum, Ruby, 1909-1992., Kim, Nami.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Discrimination in justice administration., African American women authors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175779
Title:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
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
Title:
Katie G. Cannon's lecture notes.
Description:
Lecture notes regarding the Syrian Civil War. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Archives.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil war--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175562
Title:
A Correlation Between the Action-Norms Within the Religious Ethics of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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
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:
Presbyterians in the Civil Rights Movement Consultation (Atlanta, GA), 1995.
Description:
Reunion of Presbyterian staff involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From left: Clint Marsh, Dean Lewis, Frank Gordon, Jack McClendon, Gay Wilmore, Gene Turner, Reg Hawkins, Bob Shirley, Lee Swann, Gene Farlough, Dave Ramage, Vera Swann, Rita Dixon, Oscar McCloud, Mary Jane Patterson, W. D. Tolbert, Mike Elligan, Jim Costen, Lillian Anthony, Phil Young, Bryant George, Mildred Brown.
Creator:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (creator)
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160508
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore and Jovelino Rumos.
Description:
Gayraud Wilmore and Jovelino Rumos, former executives of the Council on Church and Race, PCUSA.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Rumos, Jovelino.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160507
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:
Henry Mitchell, Gayraud Wilmore, Robert Franklin, and Walter Fluker at the Interdenominational Theological Center.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Mitchell, Henry H., 1919-, Franklin, Robert Michael, 1954-, Fluker, Walter E., 1951-, Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160500
Title:
Eugene Turner, Gayraud Wilmore, and Oscar McCloud at General Assembly.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Turner, Eugene G., 1934-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160497
Title:
Responses to Black Presbyterians United speech questionaire.
Description:
Compiled written responses made by 13 Black Presbyterians in regards to race relations in the PC(USA).
Creator:
National Black Presbyterians United. (creator)
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., National Black Presbyterians United., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160486
Title:
Statement of Twenty Black Presbyterians.
Description:
Statement made by twenty Black Presbyterians in support of the $10,000 grant made to the Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund. Includes the list of the names of all twenty contributers.
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church controversies--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century., African American women political activists--United States--20th century., African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160482
Title:
"Color Us Presbyterian:" The Challenge of Anti-Racism and Diversity in the Future of the PC(USA).
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (author)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160431
Title:
National Black Presbyterian Caucus mission design, 1987.
Description:
Includes an introductory letter written by Moderator Deborah J. Gambrell.
Creator:
Gambrell, Deborah J. (author)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160390
Title:
Black Presbyterians United report to the session, 1977.
Description:
Black Presbyterians United report for 1977. Includes introductory letters written by the group's President, Rev. J. Jerome Cooper, and Moderator, Thelma C. D. Adair.
Creator:
Cooper, Jason Jerome. (author), Adair, Thelma. (author)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160325
Title:
Black Manifesto Leadership at 181st General Assembly, 1969.
Description:
Spokesmen for black- and brown-power organizations outline their positions at press conference following Assembly session. From left: Obed Lopez, of the Latin American Defense Organization; Eliezer Risco, of La Raza; James Forman, of the National Black Economic Development Conference; the Rev. Gayraud S. Wilmore, chairman of the Presbyterian Division of Church and Race; the Rev. J. Metz Rollins, of the National Committee of Black Churchmen; the Rev. Willis C. Tabor, of Black Presbyterians United; and the Rev. Frank H. Heinze, of the Presbyterian Office of Information. (From Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1969, p. 8, "Challenge and response" article.)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas), Lopez, Obed., Risco, Eliezer., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-, Tabor, Willis C., Heinze, Frank H., Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139009

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