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:
Dr. King arrested in voter drive.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-32117 DR. KING ARRESTED IN VOTER DRIVE SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negroes kneel to pray as they are being taken to jail after being arrested in a voter registration drive. The noted Baptist minister and winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was among 265 persons arrested on charges of parading without a permit as they walked to the Dallas County Courthouse to protest voter registration practices. In addition, some 500 students who stayed out of school to join the demonstration were arrested on truancy charges, while 37 adults were seized by police for contempt of court. Most of those apprehended were released without bail pending arraignment. Dr. King, however, remained in jail than post the $200 bond required for non-residents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1928-1968.
Topics:
Civil rights deomnstrations--Alabama--Selma., Arrest--Alabama--Selma., African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Suffrage--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects:
Selma (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343596
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1948.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; Communism; family values and gender roles; the creation of the World Council of Churches; the United States presidential election; religion in the public schools; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., United States. Army., Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948., Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948., Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949., Davis, Garry, 1921-2013., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950., Marshall Plan., United Nations., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Assembly (1st : 1948 : Amsterdam, Netherlands), Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Religious tolerance., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Communism and international relations., Presidents--United States--1948., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., Soviet Union--Relations--Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152869
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1947.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962., United Nations., Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965., MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964., Mayo Clinic., World Conference of Christian Youth (2nd : 1947 : Oslo, Norway), Berggrav, Eivind, 1884-1959., Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969., Marshall Plan., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Nonviolence--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., France--Social conditions--20th century., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., India--History--Partition, 1947.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152623
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1946.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; and more. Begins with promotional material which introduces Dr. Niebuhr.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, United Nations., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Catholic Church--Relations., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History, Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., United States--Politics and government--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152491
Title:
Migrant summer school.
Description:
National Council summer school for migrant children.
Creator:
Indonesian Information Office. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children of migrant laborers--United States., Children of migrant laborers--Education--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150174
Title:
Mother Teresa.
Description:
Mother Teresa holding a child.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997.
Topics:
Christian women saints., Malnutrition in children--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150171
Title:
Pope renews plea for nuclear ban.
Description:
Pope Paul VI told a general audience that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was an "outrage against civilization" and renewed his plea to all nations to ban nuclear weapons.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Nuclear disarmament., Antinuclear movement.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150168
Title:
Violence at Paris demonstration.
Description:
Helmeted policemen club fallen demonstrators during a brief but violent incident at the Place d'Italie, on the Paris Left Bank, Saturday near the end of a demonstration called for to support the anti-nuclear movement of Brittany against the construction of a nuclear plant at Plogoff. Some 2,000 attended the demonstration. Two demonstrators and three policemen were injured during the incident.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Antinuclear movement--France--Paris., Nuclear power plants--France--Plogoff., Demonstrations--France--Paris., Police--France--Paris., Police and mass media--France--Paris.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France), Plogoff (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150156
Title:
Church and mosque damaged by bombs.
Description:
The Mount Vernon Baptist church is littered with debris after a 2:30AM bomb blast caused extensive damage to the church. A block away, the Muhammed Muslim Mosque was also bombed at the same time. No one was injured.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Bombings--New York (State)--Rochester., Buildings--Blast effects--New York (State)--Rochester., Baptist church buildings--New York (State)--Rochester., Mosques--New York (State)--Rochester.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150147
Title:
Young Vietnam survivor.
Description:
A frightened child -- his slain mother by his side -- pleads for help as he looks up at a U.S. marine in a bomb shelter of a South Vietnamese village.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Casualties., Children of war casualties--Vietnam.
Geographic subjects:
Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150132
Title:
Leaders at main German church day rally.
Description:
Prominent West German political and religious leaders participated in the main rally of the 12th German Evangelical Church Day Congress (DEKT) in Cologne. Here, from left, are West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard; Dr. Kurt Scharf, chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKID), sponsor of the Congress; and Mayor O. Burauen of Cologne.
Creator:
Voss, Klaus. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (12th : 1965 : Cologne, Germany), Erhard, Ludwig., Scharf, Kurt., Burauen, O.
Topics:
Religion and politics--Germany--Cologne., Protestants--Germany--Cologne., Catholics--Germany--Cologne.
Geographic subjects:
Cologne (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150123
Title:
Sudan's forgotten war.
Description:
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
Title:
Soviet Jewish emigrants enjoy first Seder in freedom.
Description:
Soviet Jewish emigrants, awaiting visas from western nations, enjoy a Seder demonstration in Rome recently, sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), as part of a "Yiddishkeit" program to teach Jewish tradition and culture to the participants.
Creator:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Topics:
Jews, Soviet--Italy--Rome., Jews--Migrations., Seder.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150105
Title:
Castro meets Cardinal.
Description:
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro is greeted by Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez of Santiago during the Cuban leader's recent visit to Chile.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile). Archbishop (1961-1983 : Silva Henríquez), Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016., Silva Henríquez, Raúl
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Santiago (Chile), Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150099
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Evangelist Billy Graham (left) and Mr. Johnson bow their heads during a 1964 Presidential prayer breakfast in Washington. In his memoirs, the former President reveals that Mr. Graham acted as an emissary with Richard Nixon during the 1968 election campaign.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Topics:
Presidents--United States, Prayer breakfasts--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150096
Title:
At Southern Catholic race conference.
Description:
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (center) was a major speaker at the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on "Social Change and Christian Response." He is shown at a dinner held during the Atlanta meeting with Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O. (left); and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
Creator:
Sherry, Gerry. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Catholic Leaders Conference., Hallinan, Paul J., Fox, Dom James., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Topics:
Race--Religious aspects, Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150090
Title:
Priest and 18 others arrested during abortion clinic sit-in.
Description:
The Rev. James J. Danis, a Roman Catholic priest of St. Louis, wearing a sweat shirt above, waits in a police patrol wagon after being arrested with 18 others on trespassing charges during a sit-in protest at the Regency Park Gynecological Center.
Creator:
McShane, William. (photographer), St. Louis Review. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Covenant Theological Seminary., Danis, James J.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--Missouri--Saint Louis., Demonstrations--Missouri--Saint Louis., Arrest--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150084
Title:
Help via telephone.
Description:
Three young people man the telephones at "Switchboard" in San Francisco, one of the many telephone crisis intervention centers now operating around the world. These centers fill the gap between persons with needs and the agencies established to fill those needs.
Creator:
Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Switchboard (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Helplines--California--San Francisco., Community information services--California--San Francisco., Information services industry--Employees.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150075
Title:
Vice President hears French choir.
Description:
Vice President Richard M. Nixon listens to the Little Singers of Paris under the direction of Msgr. Fernand Maillet.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Muto, Al. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Petits Chanteurs à la croix de bois., United States. Office of the Vice President., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Maillet, Fernand Marie, 1896-1963.
Topics:
Boys' choirs--France--Paris., Choirboys--France--Paris., Concert tours--Washington (D.C.), Music and children--Washington (D.C.), Vice-Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Paris (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150060
Title:
Aiding refugees in Laos.
Description:
On a hill above the refugee village of Phucum in northern Laos, the Rev. Don Scott discusses possibilities for emergency relief with a camp medic. The village, which has 4,200 Meo refugees -- almost all women and children -- has already been moved three times as fighting drew near.
Creator:
Bray, Bill. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Vision Canada., Scott, Don.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Laos., Church work with refugees--Laos., Hmong (Asian people)--Laos., Refugee camps--Laos.
Geographic subjects:
Laos--Foreign relations--Vietnam., Laos--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150057

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