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:
Fund for Legal Aid: Racism, Justice, and the Church's Responsibility.
Description:
Church & Society, Vol. 75, No. 1, September/October 1984.
Creator:
Lancaster, Kathy. (editor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency. Unit II-Ministries of Health, Education and Social Justice., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race.
Topics:
Racial justice., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century., Legal aid., Discrimination in justice administration., Hate crimes--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286271
Title:
Justice Jottings.
Description:
Presbyterian Criminal Justice Program's "Justice Jottings" newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1987.
Creator:
Lancaster, Kathy. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Social Justice and Peacemaking Ministry Unit--Archives., Presbyterian Criminal Justice Program., Maxwell, Howard.
Topics:
Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Social justice--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178087
Title:
Fund for Freedom, 1964-1969.
Description:
Materials related to a "Fund for Freedom", the special initiative for congregations to raise money to support the Council on Church and Race. Features correspondence, financial statements, reports, promotional materials, newsletters, and brochures.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. (author), Lyttle, James A. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Logan, Jay M. (author), Thomas, Winburn Townshed, 1909-1981. (author), Calkins, Bruce. (author), Jameson, Vic. (author), McKinnis, Carole. (author), Karsch, Carl G. (author), Firth, Richard W. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (author), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author), Anderson, Donald L. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author), Wooley, Woodrow. (author), Morgan, George Pidock, 1923-. (author), Mercado, Juan E. (author), Moore, Richard E. (author), Eichenberg, Henry. (author), Williams, Edward E. (author), Clark, Paul S. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. Department of Interpretation and Stewardship., Wilmore, Gayraud S., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-., Logan, Jay M.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177507
Title:
Black Power, 1966-1968.
Description:
Council on Church and Race file related to the Black Power movement. Includes correspondence, articles, newsletters, essays, and reports.
Creator:
Lee, Bob. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Wright, Nathan. (author), Powell, Adam C. (author), Fiske, Edward B. (author), Spritzer, Adam C. (author), McKirachan, J. Frederick. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author), Pogue, Isaiah. (author), Patrick, LeRoy. (author), Anderson, John E. (author), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-. (author), Payton, Benjamin Franklin, 1932-2016. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., National Conference on Black Power., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Wilmore, Gayraud S.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Black power.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177420
Title:
"Venezuela Free!"
Description:
Newsletter with general updates on the social and political climate in Venezuela, March 1958. Written by Presbyterian missionaries, Bob and Jean Seel.
Creator:
Seel, Bob. (author), Seel, Jean. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Venezuela Mission., Seel, Bob., Seel, Jean.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Venezuela.
Geographic subjects:
Venezuela--History--Revolution--1958.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147310
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:
Presbyteer.
Description:
Presbyteer, Vol. 24, No. 7, July 1971. Published by First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Features the main article, "The Angela Davis Affair," which originated as a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Charles R. Ehrhardt.
Creator:
Ehrhardt, Charles. (author)
Subject names:
Stair, Lois, 1923-1981., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., First Presbyterian Church (Phoenix, Ariz.), Ehrhardt, Charles.
Topics:
Church controversies--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145544
Title:
Weekly news wrap-up, October 1984.
Description:
A wrap-up of news around the church from the week of October 5, 1984. Features the story, "Presbyterian Church Leaders Discuss How to Counter Fear of Lesbians, Gay Men" by Dennis E. Shoemaker"
Subject names:
Shoemaker, Dennis E., Kratz, Allen W., Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144437
Title:
Homosexuality, homophobia and you.
Description:
A special edition of the Bell Tower News which interprets homosexuality and homophobia for pastors and other Presbyterian leaders. Published by College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Features introductory and closing letters from Rev. Jerry R. Kirk, Co-Pastor.
Subject names:
Kirk, Jerry R., Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.), College Hill Presbyterian Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Cincinnati (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144420
Title:
Homophobia
Description:
Church & Society, Vol. 73, No. 2, November/December 1982. The theme, "Homophobia: The Overlooked Sin," is in response to the policy statement regarding homosexuality adopted at the 190th General Assembly of the UPCUSA in 1978. Features an introduction by Esther C. Stine. Also includes an index of More Light Congregations in the UPCUSA and statements from some of those congregations.
Subject names:
Stine, Esther C., Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144345

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