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:
Fallston Presbyterian Church (Fallston, Md.) vigil, 2015.
Description:
Vigil for "unity and peace," folllowing police murder of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
Creator:
Fallston Presbyterian Church (Fallston, Md.) (creator)
Subject names:
Fallston Presbyterian Church (Fallston, Md.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Fallston (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181670
Title:
Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Bethesda, Md.) Pride sermon, 2021.
Description:
Messages given on Pride Sunday at Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Bethesda, Maryland), June 27, 2021, titled "Pride: A New Way of Knowing with Rev. Chuck, Ron Grim, & Michael Adee."
Creator:
Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Bethesda, Md.) (creator)
Subject names:
Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Bethesda, Md.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
Bethesda (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179796
Title:
Building bridges of understanding.
Description:
Preached by Rev. Newbold in his capacity as Moderator of Baltimore Presbytery, in an attempt to explain the recent riots in Baltimore following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King,
Creator:
Newbold, Robert T., 1920- (author)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, Md.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Baltimore. Moderator (Newbold : 1968), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination.
Topics:
Race relations--Sermons., Sermons, American--African American authors., Riots--Maryland--Baltimore--April, 1968.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161400
Title:
Arrest of Eugene Carson Blake, 1963.
Description:
On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146310
Title:
Human Sexuality Committee hearing at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Description:
Human Sexuality Committee hearing in the plenary hall.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146305
Title:
Moderator Herbert Valentine at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Valentine, Herbert, 1934-, Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)
Topics:
Clergy--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146304
Title:
Moderator Herbert Valentine at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Valentine, Herbert, 1935-, Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146303
Title:
Media attention on the Human Sexuality Committee report at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)--Press coverage.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146302
Title:
Human Sexuality Committee report and discussion at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146301
Title:
1991 General Assembly silent protest.
Description:
Silent march by gay and lesbian Presbyterians and their allies in plenary of the 203rd General Assembly of the PC(USA), introduced by moderator Herb Valentine. Media services identifier PM 91-013.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency. Media Services.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.), Valentine, Herbert Duncan, 1935-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145297
Title:
Human Sexuality Committee at the 203rd General Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.
Creator:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Subject names:
Rice, Ronald B., 1937---Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141076
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake arrested.
Description:
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed and then released on bond.
Creator:
Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7398
Title:
Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description:
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7310
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake at demonstration.
Description:
Blake, in straw hat, is preceded by William Sloane Coffin, chaplain of Yale University, and followed by Roman Catholic Father Joseph Connolly, as group moves in on Gwynn Oak Park to challenge segregation. [From Presbyterian Life, August 1, 1963, p. 25.]
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Woodlawn--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7105

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