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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:
Rev. Bruce William Klunder memorial address by Eugene Carson Blake.
Description:
Transcript of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake's memorial address for Rev. Bruce William Klunder, a white Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who died after he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Blake delivered the eulogy at Klunder's funeral services at Church of the Covenant.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964--Death and burial., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964.
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Ohio--Cleveland., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Ohio--Cleveland., Funeral service--Ohio--Cleveland., Segregation in education--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344177
Title:
Fund for Freedom, 1964-1970.
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, and brochures.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. (author), Logan, Jay M. (author), George, Bryant, 1927-. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author), Johnson, Roger H. (author), Ramirez, Ruth. (author), Cox, W. K. (author), Taylor, Theophilus Mills, 1909-. (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-.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177604
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:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, tape 1, 1964.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116526
Title:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, 1964, part 2.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116495
Title:
Edler G. Hawkins speech, 1964.
Description:
Edler Hawkins speaking on the role of the Presbyterian Church in the civil rights struggle. Presented at General Assembly, probably 1964.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116235
Title:
Brotherhood has a big sky:
Description:
United Presbyterian Church Commission on Religion and Race brochure supporting the principle of a nonsegregated society.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century., African Americans--Segregation., Church and social problems--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83360
Title:
Letter to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech.
Description:
[Letter to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech regarding the attack on Rev. Paul Dotson.]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7438
Title:
Clergymen Demonstrate in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The almost constant rain in Hattiesburg dampened everything but the spirits of the clergy demonstrators. The four pictured below are (left to right) United Presbyterians Dudley E. Sarfaty, Carl Raymond Smith, John Coventry Smith, and Robert J. Stone.
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Smith, Carl R., Sarfaty, Dudley E., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Stone, Robert John, 1919-
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7337
Title:
Voter registration promotion leaflet.
Description:
[Voter registration promotion leaflet provided by the U.P.C.U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Voter registration--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7326
Title:
Rev. Robert J. Stone.
Description:
[Rev. Robert J. Stone (1919- ), Associate Director of CORAR (1964-1967), takes a break in front of posters advertising Freedom Day, 1964.]
Subject names:
Stone, Robert John, 1919-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7260
Title:
Rev. Don G. Morse and another clergyman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Description:
[Rev. Don G. Morse and another clergyman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.]
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7216
Title:
NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description:
Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator:
Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7199
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen participate in a morning prayer service.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7161
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Picketing demonstration in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7132
Title:
Delta Ministry.
Description:
[A Delta Ministry staff member and two Mississippi residents walk past a voter registration center.]
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., Voting--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7110
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen meet in a local church.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7064
Title:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race exhibit.
Description:
[United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race exhibit.]
Creator:
Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7002
Title:
Rev. Robert Lyon Beech.
Description:
[Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6995
Title:
Demonstration in Atlanta.
Description:
Police arrest protesters in Atlanta.
Creator:
Lyon, Danny. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta., Police brutality--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5406

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