Social and political issues and activism

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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

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Third Presbyterian Church More Light Committee oral history, 2019.

Description:

Oral history interview with Ralph Carter, Betty Iwan, and Ann McMican on how Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) became a More Light congregation.

Creator:

Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)

Subject names:

More Light Presbyterians., Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell), Iwan, Elizabeth., McMican, Ann., Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)

Topics:

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.

URL:

https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153475