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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:
Peacemaking Conference November 11-14
Description:
Brochure/leaflet for the 1985 Presbyterian Peacemaking Program annual conference in Montreat, North Carolina.
Creator:
Mountain Retreat Association (Montreat, N.C.) (host institution), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program., Mountain Retreat Association (Montreat, N.C.)
Topics:
Reconcilation--Religious aspects., Peace--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Montreat (N.C.), Middle East--Study and teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348031
Title:
I hope they don't bomb my lily pad : peacemaking, a child's view, about 1982.
Description:
Producer, W. Ben Lane; music, John Denver; reading, Mike Maus; art, children of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Children's drawings, Bible readings, and the contemporary song, "I want to live," present a child's view of peace.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. (creator)
Topics:
Peace--Religious aspects--Christianity., Peace--Moral and ethical aspects.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348007
Title:
That All May Freely Serve Presents Heart and Soul.
Description:
Reflections from That All May Freely Serve members at the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), June 18-25, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.
Subject names:
Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (222nd : 2016 : Portland, Or.)
Topics:
Ordination of gays--United States., Ordination of lesbians--United States., Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346606
Title:
Dan Smith memorial service, 2023.
Description:
Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.
Creator:
Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.
Topics:
LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345470
Title:
Migrant Ministries, May 1993.
Description:
Program on Presbyterian assistance for migrant laborers in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Digital transfer from Betacam.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services.
Topics:
Migrant laborers' families., Church work with migrant labor.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340994
Title:
A Service of Celebration and Welcome for Thomas M. Hickok.
Description:
Program for a Service of Celebration and Welcome for Thomas M. Hickok, Minister of Outreach and Justice at First United Church of Oak Park.
Creator:
That All May Freely Serve (Association) (creator)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Hickok, Thomas M., First United Church of Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Oak Park (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340380
Title:
Restoring Creation for Ecology and Social Justice (1990)
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services, Gibson, William E. (contributor), Stivers, Robert (contributor), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Eco-Justice Task Force
Topics:
Environmental justice, Sustainable agriculture, Global warming
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300235
Title:
Campbell and Hudnut on Angela Davis audiotape, 1971.
Description:
From CBS series "Lamp Unto My Feet."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency., Campbell, Ernest T., Hudnut, William H., III, 1932-2016.
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181760
Title:
Afghanistan Rebuilds (2003)
Description:
Promotional video for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Church World Service reconstruction and relief work in Afghanistan, 2003.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Disaster Assistance., Church World Service.
Topics:
International relief--Afghanistan., War relief--Afghanistan.
Geographic subjects:
Afghanistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179234
Title:
Emergency Conference on Racism program.
Description:
Program for the Emergency Conference on Racism in Columbia, South Carolina, October 24-26, 1996.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Emergency Conference on Racism (1996 : Columbia, S.C.), Center for Democratic Renewal., Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.), South Carolina Local Organizing Committee.
Topics:
African Americans--Crimes against--United States--20th century., Arson--United States--20th century., Hate crimes--United States--20th century., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Columbia (S.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179081
Title:
Let Justice Flow Like Water: Many Streams, One River (1998)
Description:
Program of racial justice leadership development conference, Cullman, Alabama, 1998. Featuring Inez Fleming, Nibs Stroupe.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Stroupe, Gibson P., 1946-
Topics:
Racism--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179063
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing records, 1933-1945.
Description:
Records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona. Primarily concerns commencement ceremonies and graduates of the school. Includes correspondence, programs, postcards, clippings, and a sermon by Dr. Robert Freeman.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Gladfelter, Katharine E (author), Salsbury, Clarence G., 1886-1980. (author), Scott, Anna M. (author), Freeman, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179027
Title:
Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side B.
Description:
Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side B.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Imprisonment--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals--20th century., Political activists--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166012
Title:
Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side A.
Description:
Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side A.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Political activists--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals.--United States--20th century., Imprisonment--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166011
Title:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 2.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Racism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165933
Title:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 1.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005, Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church.--Racism--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165931
Title:
The twelfth annual service in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., program.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Andrew, 1932-, Hollingsworth, Marion., Wright, Bruce, 1917-2005., Thomas, George., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Lowe, Edward., Lorick, Benjamin., Laubach, Eugene., Britton, Ruth.
Topics:
Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149181
Title:
The Second Biennial Convention of the National Temperance Movement, Inc.
Description:
Program for the Second Biennial Convention of the National Temperance Movement, Inc., held at the First Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 7-9, 1948.
Creator:
National Temperance Movement, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Temperance Movement, Inc., First Covenant Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), Bruce, G. M., DeMille, Charles W., Womer, Wayne., Parish, Herbert H.
Topics:
Temperance--United States--Societies, etc., Temperance and religion--United States., Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Meetings--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149145
Title:
One Great Hour of Sharing features from Jeff Hatfield and Alan Krome.
Description:
Includes "Sudan: A Hunger for Peace"; "Building Communities," Norris Square, Philadelphia land trust and housing cooperative; "That They May Be Heard," Matamoros maquiladora workers; "Opening Doors," Interfaith Hospitality Network; "Holy Trees," northern Ethiopia reforestation; "Sharing Seeds," agricultural cooperative, Beattyville, Kentucky; "When the Wind Blows," interfaith disaster recovery; longform version of IHN homelessness outreach; "Touchpoint," newsmagazine/promo featuring work among Brazilian children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development. Media Services., Hatfield, Jeff., Krome, Alan., One Great Hour of Sharing.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico--Matamoros (Tamaulipas), Church work with the homeless., Reforestation--Ethiopia., Agriculture, Cooperative--Appalachian Region., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with children--Brazil.
Geographic subjects:
Sudan., Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Ethiopia., Appalachian Region., Brazil.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143418
Title:
Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry.
Description:
PC(USA) outreach video on Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry, narrated by mission co-worker Janet Guyer, October 2001.
Creator:
Guyer, Janet. (narrator), Williams, Joseph. (editor), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council. Office of Communication. (producer)
Subject names:
Church of Christ in Thailand.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions, Medical--Thailand., AIDS activists--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142513

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