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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:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) sermon, 2016.
Description:
On the church's Black Lives Matter banner and discussions with the San Francisco Police Department.
Creator:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181723
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) worship, 2020.
Description:
Rev. Valerie Miles-Tribble preaching.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) (creator), Miles-Tribble, Valerie A. (speaker)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181706
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Description:
Rev. Valerie Miles-Tribble preaching.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) (creator), Miles-Tribble, Valerie A. (speaker)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181705
Title:
Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos (Los Gatos, Calif.) worship, 2020.
Description:
Rev. David Watermulder preaching.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos (Los Gatos, Calif.) (creator), Watermulder, David. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos (Los Gatos, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Los Gatos (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181692
Title:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Sacramento, Calif.) news coverage, 2019.
Description:
News coverage of the church's advocacy for California Assembly Bill 392, in the wake of the police murder of Stephon Clark.
Creator:
KXTV (Television station : Sacramento, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Sacramento, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Sacramento (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181689
Title:
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (Marin City, Calif.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (Marin City, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (Marin City, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Marin City (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181683
Title:
Rev. Carlton Rhoden's welcome message, 2020.
Description:
Introduction to "Get Your Knee Off My Neck" sermon given by Rev. Carlton Rhoden.
Creator:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator), Rhoden, Carlton. (speaker)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181653
Title:
GET YOUR KNEE OFF MY NECK! - SPEAK UP NOW!
Description:
Sermon given by Rev. Carlton Rhoden.
Creator:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator), Rhoden, Carlton. (speaker)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181647
Title:
First Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181646
Title:
First Presbyterian Church (Monterey, Calif.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church (Monterey, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Monterey, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Monterey (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181645
Title:
Korean United Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Description:
(영상예배)(11) - (성령강림주일) 성령을 따라 행하라(갈 5_16-26) / (Video Worship) (11) - (Sunday of Pentecost) Walk according to the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5_16-26)
Creator:
Nasŏng Hanin Yŏnhap Changnogyohoe (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Nasŏng Hanin Yŏnhap Changnogyohoe (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181632
Title:
Cameron House, San Francisco, ca. 1920s.
Description:
Group of women and girls at Chinese Mission Home - San Francisco, California.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150478
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:
Campus Pepper newsletter.
Description:
Campus Pepper, Vol. II, No. 1, September 28, 1943. Written and published bi-monthly by Manzanar High School journalism students at the Japanese American Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Asian American students--Pacific Coast (U.S.), Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions., Student newspapers and periodicals--California--Manzanar., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--California.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146376
Title:
Profile of a riot.
Description:
Interviews and commentary about the Watts Riot. Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race, UPCUSA.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965., Riots--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116536
Title:
Profile of a riot, side 1.
Description:
Interviews and commentary about the Watts Riot. Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race, UPCUSA.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116501
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake, "The Church and Communism," May 9, 1961.
Description:
Eugene Carson Blake speaking at a meeting of the Los Angeles Presbytery, Los Angeles, California. Continues with installation of moderator of the UPCUSA General Assembly [possibly Paul McKelvey, 1961].
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Los Angeles.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116494
Title:
Profile of a riot, side 2.
Description:
Interviews and commentary about the Watts Riot. Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race, UPCUSA.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116492
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh and Ross Greek on metropolitan mission, before 1967.
Description:
Audio tape portion of KIT 345, presented at annual meeting of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, New York, April 27-28, 1967. Urban ministry needs in Los Angeles. Focuses on: the West Hollywood Presbyterian Church with Ross Greek, minister; Watts; race relations; Budd Schulberg. Tape includes excerpts of a Neigh address from 1962, and a recording by Ross Greek from 1966.
Creator:
Greek, Ross Albert, 1914-1995. (speaker), Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Schulberg, Budd., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
City missions--California--Los Angeles., Church and social problems--California--Los Angeles., City churches--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116461
Title:
The national mission in youth's poverty and plenty.
Description:
One of seven chapters reprinted from the Board of National Missions Annual Report for 1966. Focuses on Watts Neighborhood Association and Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles, California.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (author), Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (author)
Subject names:
Westminster Neighborhood Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century., Poor., Church work with youth., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:81465

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