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Nobel Peace Laureate and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu models a "Peacemaking Jubilee" t-shirt in his Cape Town residence. The Rev. Ken Jones of Cleveland, Ohio, makes the presentation on behalf of 20 U.S. Presbyterian participants in the November 1994 Study/Travel Seminar to South Africa/Namibia. It was sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency., Tutu, Desmond, 1931-2021., Jones, Ken.
Topics:
Peace--Religious aspects., Anglicans--South Africa., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348265
Description:
Pamphlet produced by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program of the General Assembly Council.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Topics:
Land mines., Land mine victims.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348035
Description:
Letters from John R. Yost and Dean H. Lewis (June 4 and 28, 1971) to members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives regarding Sugar Quota legislation and apartheid in South Africa. Includes replies from Senator Walter F. Mondale (July 22, 1971) and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (September 21, 1971).
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (author), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. (author), Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021. (author), Yost, John R. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021., Yost, John R., United States. Congress.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Foreign trade regulation--United States., Anti-apartheid activists--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Foreign economic relations--South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344210
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The area of Sudan is about half the size of Europe and for the last fifteen years the Arabs of the north have been fighting a prolonged and unpublicised civil war against the Anyanyas a terrorist group whose size and numbers cannot be guessed at. The terrorists who inhabit the wilder parts of the Southern Sudan around Juba say they are fighting against a regime that is determined to wipe out and which gives all its money to the already affluent North. Their fifteen year fight has undermined the already shakey Sudanese economy because wars are expensive things to wage. Here a patrol in the South returns to their Russian-built helicopter.
Creator:
Lomax, David, 1938-2014. (photographer), Camera Press Ltd. (London, England) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Military helicopters--Sudan., Soldiers--Sudan.
Geographic subjects:
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1955-1972., Sudan--Politics and government--1956-1985.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150120
Description:
Having inspected a village and questioned the elders about any recent terrorist activity in the area Colonel Bakri prepares to return to Juba the capital of the Equatoria Province of Sudan. He is second in command of the Sudanese Southern Command and the Government troops have been fighting with a marked lack of success in this area for the last fifteen years.
Creator:
Lomax, David, 1938-2014. (photographer), Camera Press Ltd. (London, England) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Soldiers--Sudan., Villages--Sudan.
Geographic subjects:
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1955-1972., Sudan--Politics and government--1956-1985.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149923
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149236
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149221
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago. Oriental Institute., Stager, Lawrence E.
Topics:
Child sacrifice--Carthage (Extinct city), Archaeology--Carthage (Extinct city)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.), Carthage (Extinct city), Qarṭājannah (Tunisia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149197
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, -1924
Topics:
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Independence movements--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980., Zimbabwe--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149109
Description:
Archeologist Lawrence Stager (left) of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, pauses a moment with one of his graduate student co-workers on their most recent excavation this past summer of the burial ground of the ancient city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia. The urn near Stager's hand is typical of the burial urns that contain the incinerated remains of the children sacrificed to the gods by the Carthaginians.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago. Oriental Institute., Stager, Lawrence E.
Topics:
Child sacrifice--Carthage (Extinct city), Archaeology--Carthage (Extinct city)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.), Carthage (Extinct city), Qarṭājannah (Tunisia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148580
Description:
A mother mourns her daughter during a mass cremation service for 59 victims of a black nationalist missile attack on a Viscount airliner. Photograph originally numbered PC-52169.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Terrorism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Terrorism victims' families--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148448
Description:
Premier Robert Mugabe and his wife Sally, front row, and former prime minister and one of Mr. Mugabe's opponents in the recent election, Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, far right, join in singing the black nationalist hymn, "God Bless Africa."
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, -1924, Mugabe, Sally, 1931-1992., Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi, 1925-2010.
Topics:
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Independence movements--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980., Zimbabwe--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148445
Description:
Includes "Sudan: A Hunger for Peace"; "Building Communities," Norris Square, Philadelphia land trust and housing cooperative; "That They May Be Heard," Matamoros maquiladora workers; "Opening Doors," Interfaith Hospitality Network; "Holy Trees," northern Ethiopia reforestation; "Sharing Seeds," agricultural cooperative, Beattyville, Kentucky; "When the Wind Blows," interfaith disaster recovery; longform version of IHN homelessness outreach; "Touchpoint," newsmagazine/promo featuring work among Brazilian children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development. Media Services., Hatfield, Jeff., Krome, Alan., One Great Hour of Sharing.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico--Matamoros (Tamaulipas), Church work with the homeless., Reforestation--Ethiopia., Agriculture, Cooperative--Appalachian Region., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with children--Brazil.
Geographic subjects:
Sudan., Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Ethiopia., Appalachian Region., Brazil.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143418
Description:
Produced by Gunter Kaiser for Zambia Broadcasting Services. Includes hymns, worship in English, Bemba, Lozi, and Tonga. Includes speech by Kenneth Kaunda, president of Zambia.
Creator:
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924- (speaker)
Subject names:
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924-, Kaiser, Günter.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Africa--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Africa--Religion.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116525
Description:
"This is a portrayal of two African countries, Kenya and Zambia, and their commitment to Christianity. In Kenya, we focus on the Masai tribe and how they are gradually modifying their traditions in response to their Christian faith. In Zambia, we interview Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, son of a Presbyterian pastor and president of the republic. President Kaunda talks about the situation in South Africa, the concerns of the independent African nations, and the movement towards imposing economic sanctions. He warns that unless the conflict in South Africa is resolved hundreds of thousands of people will die."
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Support Agency. Communications Unit. Video One (creator)
Subject names:
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924-
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa.
Geographic subjects:
Kenya., South Africa., Zambia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10184
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Baptism.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5385
Description:
The Liberia Packet - ad for a ship owned by the African Colonization Society. [From Maryland Colonization Society Report, 1847].
Subject names:
Maryland State Colonization Society.
Topics:
African Americans--Colonization--Africa.
Geographic subjects:
Liberia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5067

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