Social and political issues and activism

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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:
Penalty.
Description:
Martha Doherty, 19, hangs from a post after her head was shaved and she was tarred and feathered -- a penalty for dating a British soldier -- by a group of women in Londonderry's Roman Catholic Bogside district.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Doherty, Martha.
Topics:
Humiliation--Northern Ireland--Derry., Head shaving--Northern Ireland--Derry., Catholics--Northern Ireland--Derry.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150051
Title:
Vigil.
Description:
A father sits and watches over his dying son at the Ahespur Refugee Camp about 45 miles from Calcutta. They are but two of the currently estimated 9.5 million East Pakistani refugees who have crossed the border into India's northeastern region since the outbreak of civil war strife in East Pakistan.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher), Weinberger, Jonathan. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., UNICEF.
Topics:
Refugee camps--India--Kolkata., Refugee children--India--Kolkata., Refugee families--India--Kolkata., Refugee children--Pakistan., Refugee families--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Kolkata (India), Bangladesh--History--Revolution, 1971.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149905
Title:
Troops search monastery.
Description:
A Catholic Cistercian monk watches stoically as British soldiers move in to search Our Lady of Bethlehem Monastery at Portglenone in County Antrim. The troops reportedly picked up two priests from the monastery who were accompanying two jailbreakers in clerical garb. Sources in Belfast said the army believed that other revolutionaries may have been hiding in the monastery.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey., Cistercians--Northern Ireland--Antrim (County), Great Britain. Army
Topics:
Cistercian monasteries--Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)
Geographic subjects:
Antrim (Northern Ireland : County), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149838
Title:
British troops disperse N. Ireland rioters.
Description:
A squad of British Army troops rushes to break up an attack by Protestant supporters on Catholic marchers during a parade. Photograph originally numbered PC-51716.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Great Britain. Army.
Topics:
Protestants--Northern Ireland--Derry., Catholics--Northern Ireland--Derry.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148610
Title:
Israelis retake kibbutz freeing hostages and killing terrorists.
Description:
A member of the kibbutz here looks at a baby crib badly damaged and soaked with blood in the pock-marked room of the children's dormitory after Israeli troops stormed the building to free hostages taken by a five-man Palestinian death squad.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict--1973-1993., Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict., Terrorism--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Miśgav ʻAm (Israel)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148349
Title:
Welcome news.
Description:
Inhabitants of Resurrection City, home of the Poor People's Campaign, read newspaper accounts 6/8 of the capture of James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in London. Announcement of the capture was read over the public address system in the campsite. UPI Telephoto.
Creator:
Gilbert Photo Service, Inc. (photographer), United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial., Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.
Topics:
Assassination--Investigation--United States., American newspapers--Headlines., American newspapers--Headlines.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147034

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