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:
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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