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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:
Pickets at the chancery.
Description:
Barry F. Ryan (right), president of the Federation of Catholic Teachers, joins fellow teachers in picketing the New York archdiocese chancery offices during the first day of a lay teacher strike against archdiocesan schools.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Federation of Catholic Teachers., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Ryan, Barry F.
Topics:
Lay teachers--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150162
Title:
Pro-life groups gaining ground.
Description:
A delegation from Notre Dame College in Baltimore holds a banner on the east front of the Capitol Building. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Abortion: con" (PC-42318[b]) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: pro." (PC-42317)]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150150
Title:
'Lie-in' at White House.
Description:
Members of peace groups from New York City, including the Episcopal and Catholic Peace Fellowships, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and students and faculty from Union Theological Seminary, gather in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, for a brief memorial service for those killed in Vietnam.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Peace Fellowship., Episcopal Peace Fellowship., Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150141
Title:
Abortion: con.
Description:
Several teaching nuns from Maryland communities carry placards as they participate in an anti-abortion rally at the east front of the Capitol Building. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Pro-life groups gaining ground" (PC-42318[a]) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: pro." (PC-42317)]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149932
Title:
'Lie-in' at White House.
Description:
Following a brief memorial service in Lafayette Park for those killed in Vietnam, about 150 demonstrators crossed Pennsylvania Avenue and tried to gain access to the White House to deliver a list of Vietnamese dead to the President. Denied admittance, the group staged a "lie-in" on the driveway.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Peace Fellowship., Episcopal Peace Fellowship., Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149874
Title:
Dramatize plight of refugees.
Description:
Dressed in robes symbolizing death, members of a group called Americans for Bangla Desh carry simulated body bags during a demonstration near the United Nations in New York.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Americans for Bangla Desh., United Nations.
Topics:
Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Refugees--Bangladesh., Refugees--India., Refugee camps--India.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Bangladesh--History--Revolution, 1971.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149862
Title:
Lay teachers picket.
Description:
As their union officials hold eleventh-hour negotiations with officials of the Association of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of New York, teachers picket in front of St. Cecilia's School in Harlem.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.)
Topics:
Lay teachers--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149820
Title:
Abortion: pro.
Description:
Women carry a banner as they march down Pennsylvania Avenue to a pro-abortion rally. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Abortion: pro" (PC-42317) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: con." (PC-42318[b])]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Pro-choice movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147173
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:
Abortion: pro.
Description:
Pro-abortion demonstrators mass at the west front of the Capitol Building. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Abortion: pro" (PC-42317) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: con." (PC-42318[b])]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Pro-choice movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147019

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