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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:
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:
Pro-Arab protest denounce Israeli settlements.
Description:
Members of an Arab, Muslim and African student coalition demonstrate across from the White House.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict--1973-1993., Student protesters--Washington (D.C.), Student movements--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148379
Title:
A weary Cambodian mother waits for food for her hungry child.
Description:
Mother and child at a Thailand refugee camp.
Creator:
American Friends Service Committee. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Committee of the Red Cross--Thailand.
Topics:
Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977-1991., Refugee camps--Thailand., Humanitarian intervention--Cambodia., Humanitarian intervention--Thailand., Children--Cambodia.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand., Cambodia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148373
Title:
Pro-settlement marchers trek across valley on Israeli anniversary.
Description:
A long line of pro-settlement marchers trek across the valley near Givon on the West Bank on the 32nd anniversary of Israel's Independence Day.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gush emunim (Israel)
Topics:
Demonstrations--West Bank., Zionism--West Bank.
Geographic subjects:
West Bank., Israel--Anniversaries, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148358
Title:
U.S. clergymen support Israel on settlements' issue.
Description:
President Carter leans across the Cabinet room table at the White House to receive a book as a gift from Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992., Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Topics:
Christian Zionism--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Israel--Politics and government
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148355
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:
Street violence rages during funeral of Archbishop Romero.
Description:
An armed man hides his face as he runs from a burning car and another terrorist, left rear, throws a Molotov cocktail during street violence which erupted during the funeral Mass for Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in Metropolitan Cathedral.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Salvador (El Salvador). Archbishop (1977-1980 : Romero), Romero, Óscar A. (Óscar Arnulfo), Saint, 1917-1980.
Topics:
Christian martyrs--El Salvador--San Salvador., Bombings--El Salvador--San Salvador., Terrorism--Press coverage--El Salvador--San Salvador., Terrorists--El Salvador--San Salvador.
Geographic subjects:
San Salvador (El Salvador)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148343
Title:
Three hundred demonstrators arrested at Pentagon nuclear protest.
Description:
Police remove an anti-nuclear demonstrator from the main entrance to the Pentagon.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pentagon (Va.)
Topics:
Antinuclear movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Police and mass media--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148340
Title:
U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description:
The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148334
Title:
Chinese Reds free women missionaries.
Description:
Dorothy May Middleton and Sarah Lee Perkins read letters and cables from friends after their release from Communist China.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., American Mission to Lepers., Middleton, Dorothy May., Perkins, Sarah Lee.
Topics:
Missionaries--China., Women missionaries--China., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Women political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148328
Title:
KKK and neo-Nazis hold "Hitlerfest."
Description:
Ku Klux Klan and a group of neo-Nazis hold a cross-burning during a "Hitlerfest" to support defendants charged in connection with the shooting deaths of five anti-Klan demonstrators last autumn in Greensboro, N.C.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Topics:
White nationalism--North Carolina--Benson., Hate groups--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazis--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazism--North Carolina--Benson.
Geographic subjects:
Benson (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148319
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:
Tenth anniversary of Earth Day observed.
Description:
Costumed participants in Atlanta's Earth Day observance gather on the capitol steps.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Earth Day--Georgia--Atlanta., Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148301
Title:
Israeli woman mourns brother killed in terrorist attack.
Description:
The sister of an Israeli army private killed in a terrorist attack weeps during his funeral at a military cemetery near Tel Aviv.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zimmerman, Yaakov.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict--1973-1993., Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict., Terrorism--Hebron.
Geographic subjects:
Tel Aviv (Israel), Hebron.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148283
Title:
Translating Bible into Navajo.
Description:
The Rev. William Goudbert, Phoenix, Ariz., works on translation of I Corinthians into Navajo while three students missionaries at the Cook Training School assist. Grouped around Mr. Goudbert are, left to right, Harold Navajo, Alfred Miller and Albert Brady.
Creator:
Gianelli, Frank. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society., Goudbert, William., Navajo, Harold., Miller, Alfred., Brady, Albert.
Topics:
Navajo Indians--Arizona--Phoenix., Navajo language--Arizona--Phoenix., Indians of North America--Missions--Arizona--Phoenix., Home missions--Arizona--Phoenix., Bible--Translating--Arizona--Phoenix.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148274
Title:
Mother of U.S. hostage visits son in Iran.
Description:
Barbara Timm and her husband Kenneth after visiting her son, Kevin Hermening, a U.S. hostage being held by militants at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Timm, Barbara., Timm, Kenneth., Hermening, Kevin.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148262
Title:
"Rubble" Church rises in Germany.
Description:
Pictured is a "Notkirche" (church built from rubble) at Mannheim-Waldhof, American zone of Germany, at the time of cornerstone-laying ceremonies.
Creator:
Thorrelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany., Cornerstone laying--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany--Buildings, structures, etc., Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147289
Title:
Southern Baptists Active in Resettling Cuban Refugees, press release.
Creator:
Southern Baptist Convention. Home Mission Board. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Mariel Boatlift, 1980., Boat people--Cuba., Boat people--Cuba., Boat people--Florida--Key West., Refugees--Press coverage--Florida--Key West.
Geographic subjects:
Key West (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147268
Title:
NAACP's Hooks and Theologian Marty Featured Speakers at RCC Meetings, press release.
Description:
Religious News Service press release.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Religious Communications Congress/1980., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010., Marty, Martin E., -1928.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Tennessee--Nashville., Mass media--Religious aspects., Mass media--Religious aspects., Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects--Tennessee--Nashville.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147262
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

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