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:
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Rev. Henry G. Martin, August 9, 1885.
Description:
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Rev. Henry G. Martin, August 9, 1885, in which Douglass provides Martin with an extract from his April 16th, 1885, speech.
Creator:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. (author)
Subject names:
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852., Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895., Martin, Henry G. (Henry George)
Topics:
Slavery--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112855
Title:
Letter to Reverend. J. Wilbur Chapman from Woodrow Wilson.
Description:
Letter to Reverend. J. Wilbur Chapman, Dec. 19, 1917, from Woodrow Wilson. "My dear Doctor Chapman: I value your letter of December seventeenth and am very much cheered by it. I did not doubt that the Church would respond in the finest way to the patriotic appeals made to it, and I thank you very warmly for the very encouraging report which you so generously make. Cordially and sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson."
Creator:
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. (author)
Subject names:
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10164
Title:
Presentation of chalpains' medal.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 3, no. 9, November 1920] Presentation of chaplains' medal, Washington, October 5, to President Wilson, Secretaries Baker and Daniels and the Chief Chaplains of the Army and Navy.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Medals., Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Medals., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Military chaplains--Medals., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8280
Title:
Faith in God:
Creator:
Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (author)
Subject names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1965--Death and burial., New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Funeral sermons., Sermons, American.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:3804

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