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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:
Mary Ann Lundy postcard, 1994.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Mary Ann Lundy. Written by Delores Williams.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360642
Title:
Mary Ann Lundy postcard, 1994.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Mary Ann Lundy. Written by Delores Williams.
Creator:
Williams, Delores S. (author), Lundy, Mary Ann. (addressee), Bettenhausen, Elizabeth A. (artist)
Subject names:
Lundy, Mary Ann--Archives., Lundy, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Feminist theology., Feminism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Women in the Presbyterian Church--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360641
Title:
Mary Ann Lundy postcard, 1994.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Mary Ann Lundy. Written by Delores Williams.
Creator:
Williams, Delores S. (author), Lundy, Mary Ann. (addressee), Bettenhausen, Elizabeth A. (artist)
Subject names:
Lundy, Mary Ann--Archives., Lundy, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Feminist theology., Feminism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Women in the Presbyterian Church--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360639
Title:
Theological Reflections on the Death Penalty.
Description:
Written by John H. Leith for the PCUS General Assembly Mission Board, 1979. Featured as a chapter in "Pilgrimage of a Presbyterian: Collected Shorter Writings" (2001).
Creator:
Leith, John H. (author), Raynal, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1943- (editor)
Subject names:
Leith, John H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly Mission Board.
Topics:
Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Theology--Study and teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353885
Title:
Toyohiko Kagawa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dr. T. Kagawa.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. (publisher)
Subject names:
Kagawa, Toyohiko, 1888-1960., Kagawa, Toyohiko, 1888-1960--Portaits.
Topics:
Portraits--Japan., Labor leaders--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348018
Title:
Kagawa Archives and Resource Center.
Description:
Text transcribed from computer-translated caption: Toyohiko Kagawa Memorial Matsuzawa Museum Memorial Chapel Stained Glass (painted by Toyohiko Kagawa) Produced by Otsuka Kogeisha.
Creator:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan. (publisher)
Subject names:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Stained glass windows--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348017
Title:
Kagawa Archives and Resource Center.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Front of Toyohiko Kagawa Memorial Matsuzawa Museum. Produced by Otsuka Kogeisha.
Creator:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan. (publisher)
Subject names:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348015
Title:
Kagawa Archives and Resource Center.
Description:
Text transcribed from computer-translated caption: Front of Toyohiko Kagawa Memorial Matsuzawa Museum Memorial Chapel. Produced by Otsuka Kogeisha.
Creator:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan. (publisher)
Subject names:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348014
Title:
Toyohiko Kagawa.
Description:
Text transcribed from computer-translated caption: Portrait of Toyohiko Kagawa. Painted by Misumi Nagao.
Creator:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan. (publisher), Nagao, Misumi (artist)
Subject names:
Kagawa, Toyohiko, 1888-1960., Kagawa, Toyohiko, 1888-1960--Portraits.
Topics:
Pacifists--Japan., Labor leaders--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348013
Title:
Kagawa Archives and Resource Center.
Description:
Text transcribed from computer- translated caption: Toyohiko Kagawa Memorial Matsuzawa Museum Interior of the Memorial Chapel.
Creator:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan. (publisher)
Subject names:
Kagawa Toyohiko Kinen Matsuzawa Shiryōkan.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348012
Title:
Rev. Bear Ride, Rev. Susan Craig, and Brian Symonds.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]
Creator:
Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011
Title:
James S. Evinger and Pamela P. Pritchard at the 216th General Assembly, 2004.
Description:
James S. Evinger (left) and Pamela P. Pritchard (right) staffing a booth at the 216th General Assembly in Richmond, Va. The booth provided information about 11 proposed amendments to the Book of Order coming before that assembly concerning how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) deals with charges of sexual abuse. The 11 amendments were recommended by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Independent Committee of Inquiry.
Creator:
Evinger, James S. (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.), Evinger, James S., Pritchard, Pamela P.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348008
Title:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
Description:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Grosvenor, John H. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345262
Title:
Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
Description:
Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
Creator:
Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345260
Title:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore to the Commission on Religion and Race.
Description:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore, Executive Director, to members of the Commission on Religion and Race regarding their upcoming meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345255
Title:
United Presbyterian Commission on Religion and Race.
Description:
Outlines the purpose, composition, and authority of the newly formed UPCUSA Commission on Religion and Race.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345248
Title:
Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
Description:
Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345245
Title:
Charlotte and Gustave Sindt articles and obituaries, 1978-1995.
Description:
Articles and obituaries for Charlotte and Gustave (Gus) Sindt, the parents of David Sindt, an openly gay Presbyterian pastor, leader, and activist.
Creator:
Young, Caroline. (author), Burson, Pat. (author), Ganzel, Rebecca. (author), Scott, Cynthia. (author)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., Sindt, David, 1940-1986., Sindt, Charlotte., Sindt, Gustave.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Parents of gays--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344297
Title:
Council on Church and Race, circa 1965.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: R-L Dr King + Mr Williams Dr King is receiving Man of the year presented from Mr Williams
Creator:
Mobley, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African Americans--Civil rights.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344030
Title:
Council on Church and Race, circa 1965.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. (publisher), Elkins, Joseph. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African Americans--Civil rights.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344029

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