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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:
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:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Mr. Johnson shakes hands with the then Republican Presidential candidate, Richard Nixon (right), as former Vice President Hubert Humphrey (left), the Democratic candidate, chats with Cardinal Terence Cooke, Archbishop of New York, at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York in 1968. [The other two photos mentioned in captions can be found in photofile number P-42241]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Cooke, Terence, 1921-1983.
Topics:
Presidents--United States
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149990
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Mr. Johnson and his daughter, Mrs. Luci Nugent, chat with Father W.W. Schneider of St. Francis Xavier church after attending Mass in Stonewall, Texas, near the LBJ Ranch. At right is a member of the Knights of Columbus who participated in the service. Mrs. Nugent converted to Catholicism during the Johnson Administration and was later married in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. [The other two photos mentioned in captions can be found in photofile number P-42241]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Knights of Columbus., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., Schneider, W.W.
Topics:
Presidents--United States, Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Texas., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149959
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Pope Paul VI and Mr. Johnson exchange gifts during their 1967 meeting at the Vatican. The former Chief Executive and the Roman Catholic pontiff discussed peace moves in Vietnam during the meeting. In his book, Mr. Johnson describes Pope Paul as "a quiet, serious and sensitive man profoundly dedicated to the cause of world peace."
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Presidents--United States
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149941

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