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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
An estimated 100,000 march for Soviet Jewry.
Description:
This group was among the estimated 100,000 marchers taking part in New York's Ninth Annual Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry on April 27.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry.
Topics:
Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Jews, Soviet., Human rights.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148481
Title:
'Sweet Land of Liberty.'
Description:
From the deck of the U.S. Army Transport General Black, some of the 813 displaced persons aboard wave greeting to the United States, land of their new home, as the ship nears its pier in New York, Oct. 30. The immigrants are first to be admitted to this country under the new displaced persons bill.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Europe., Refugees--Transportation--New York (State)--New York., Passenger ships--New York (State)--New York., Humanitarian assistance, American--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148421
Title:
Service marks anniversary of death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
At the end of a service marking the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the congregation of New York's Riverside Church, was led in singing "We Shall Overcome," by participants including, from left: Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young; Ms. Marion Hollingsworth, chairperson of the commemorative service; New York Judge Bruce Wright; the Rev. George Thomas, minister of outreach and institutional relations of Riverside Church; the church's pastor, Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.; Dr. Edward Lowe and Benjamin Lorick, both black Christian caucus leaders of the congregation and the Rev. Dr. Eugene Laubach, the church's coordinating minister.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Andrew, 1932-, Hollingsworth, Marion., Wright, Bruce, 1917-2005., Thomas, George., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Lowe, Edward., Lorick, Benjamin., Laubach, Eugene.
Topics:
Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148412
Title:
Missing befriender of Jews is honored.
Description:
Participants mark "Raoul Wallenberg Day" by placing candles at the Isaiah Wall near the United Nations.
Creator:
Lupis, Odette. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League., Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States., Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Topics:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest., World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary, Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148397
Title:
Teenagers depict adolescent problems in health show.
Description:
Members of Family Life Theatre who will be performing at the New York City Youth Conference on Teen Health, May 9, 1980.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), New York Medical College. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Topics:
Drama in health education--New York (State)--New York., Teenagers--Health and hygiene--New York (State)--New York., Theater and youth--New York (State)--New York., Portraits, Group--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148388
Title:
Cardinal Wyszynski imprisoned two years.
Description:
Portrait of Cardinal Wyszynski, who was arrested and banished by the Polish Communist government.
Creator:
Radio Free Europe. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Warsaw (Poland), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Gniezno (Poland), Catholic Church--Bishops--Poland., Wyszyński, Stefan, 1901-1981--Portraits.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--Poland., Political prisoners--Poland., Persecution--Poland.
Geographic subjects:
Poland., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148310
Title:
Protestant DPs arrive in America.
Description:
The Vinnichenko family, Russian refugees who were forced into slave labor in Germany during the war, arrive in Northern New York.
Creator:
Church World Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Church World Service.
Topics:
Church work with refugees--New York (State)., World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.--New York (State)., Refugee families--Russia.
Geographic subjects:
New York (State)., Russia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147294
Title:
Protestant DPs arrive in America.
Creator:
Church World Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topics:
Church work with refugees--New York (State)., World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--New York (State)., World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--New York (State)., Refugee families--Russia.
Geographic subjects:
New York (State), Russia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147260
Title:
Peace march spans the generations.
Description:
A mother and her child join a massive peace march in New York, part of a nationwide protest against the war in Vietnam.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--New York (State)--New York., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--New York (State)--New York., Mothers and daughters--New York (State)--New York (State)., Anti-war demonstrations--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147143
Title:
Students picket Yugoslav Consulate.
Description:
Students picket outside of Yugoslav Consulate to mark the second anniversary of Archbishop Stepinac of Zagreb's imprisonment.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. John's University (New York, N.Y.), St. Francis College (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops--Yugoslavia., Catholic Church--Yugoslavia., Stepinac, Alojzije, 1898-1960--Imprisonment.
Topics:
Student protesters--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Diplomatic and consular service, Yugoslav--New York (State)--New York (State)., Political prisoners--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147131
Title:
Refugees arrive on CWS airlift.
Description:
The Bushka family, a Muslim refugee family from Albania, arrives in New York with the aid of the Church World Service's special airlift.
Creator:
Church World Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topics:
Church work with refugees--New York (State)., Refugee families--Albania., Refugee families--Albania., Muslim families--Albania.
Geographic subjects:
New York (State), Albania.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146980
Title:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter.
Description:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, September 1993. Published by the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, in support of the Rev. Jane Spahr. Rev. Spahr was denied by the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly to serve as co-pastor at the church on the basis of her sexual orientation.
Subject names:
Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954---Archives., Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145521
Title:
The Presbyterian layman.
Description:
The Presbyterian Layman, Vol. 30, No. 4, July/August 1997. Cover story focuses on turmoil at the 209th General Assembly in Syracuse, New York, stemming from the "Fidelity and Chastity Amendment" or "Amendment B" which placed restrictions on the sexual behavior and orientation of Presbyterian leaders.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Lay Committee., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (209th : 1997 : Syracuse, N.Y.), Stuart, Laird J., 1943-2018--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Periodicals., Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144531
Title:
The Presbyterian Consultation on Homophobia Education itinerary.
Description:
Itinerary for the Presbyterian Consultation on Homophobia Education in Stony Point, New York on September 17-19, 1984.
Subject names:
Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144341
Title:
Close the Saloons poster.
Description:
If you believe that the traffic in alcohol does more harm than good - Help stop it. Strengthen America Campaign. 105 East Twenty Second Street, New York.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Topics:
Temperance--United States--20th century., Temperance--Biblical teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139358
Title:
New directions in race relations, 1960s.
Description:
Gayraud Wilmore and Metz Rollins interviewed by Rabbi Solomon S. Bernards for an ADL radio forum, 1960s.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (interviewee), Bernards, Solomon S., 1914-2004. (interviewer)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133242
Title:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Description:
Web site of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, a wide network of peacemakers who engage issues of both national and international import. The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship started in the 1940s as a group that provided support to Conscientious Objectors to World War II, a war in which objection was quite unpopular. Since then, they have continued to be a prophetic voice in our church, urging the abolition of war and encouraging our sisters and brothers to enact peace in the midst of our broken world. They have helped lead the PC(USA) to take bold stances in the face of violence.
Creator:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Peace--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gun control--United States., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129909
Title:
Eugene Callender address on evangelization in Harlem, 1960s.
Description:
Eugene Callender, of Harlem's Presbyterian Church of the Master and the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race, address on evangelization and racial justice, 1964-1966.
Creator:
Callender, Eugene. (speaker)
Subject names:
Church of the Master Presbyterian Church (Manhattan, N.Y.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116402
Title:
Eugene Callender statements and panel discussion on work in Harlem, 6 August 1967.
Description:
Introductory statements and panel discussion with Eugene Callender and young men involved in his evangelistic and social work among youth in Harlem. Recorded for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Department of Television Radio and Audio-Visuals (TRAV), August 6, 1967.
Creator:
Callender, Eugene. (speaker)
Subject names:
Callender, Eugene., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--New York (state)--New York., Social work with African American children--New York (state)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116389
Title:
Eugene Callender statements and panel discussion on work in Harlem, 6 August 1967, side 1.
Description:
Introductory statements and panel discussion with Eugene Callender and young men involved in his evangelistic and social work among youth in Harlem. Recorded for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Department of Television Radio and Audio-Visuals (TRAV), August 6, 1967.
Creator:
Callender, Eugene. (speaker)
Subject names:
Callender, Eugene., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--New York (state)--New York., Social work with African American children--New York (state)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116378

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