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:
Correspondence with Fred Rogers, 1983-1985.
Description:
Correspondence to and from Fred Rogers regarding his assistance to the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program in creating a booklet on peacemaking in the family.
Creator:
Killmer, Richard L. (author), Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003.
Topics:
Peace--Religious aspects., Peace--Study and teaching., Families--Religious life.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348248
Title:
Presbyterian Partnership of Conscience circular.
Description:
Circular signed by Bear Ride Scott regarding the passage of Amendment B.
Creator:
Ride, Bear. (author)
Subject names:
Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., More Light Churches Network., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Ride, Bear., Witherspoon Society of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Ordination of gays--United States., Ordination of lesbians--United States., Presbyterian gays--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346631
Title:
More Light Churches Network.
Description:
Revised pamphlet (October 27, 1994) describing More Light churches. Includes a letter (circa December 1995) from Lisa Larges to Ralph Carter with Carter's name in braille.
Creator:
Larges, Lisa. (author), Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell) (addressee)
Subject names:
Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., More Light Churches Network., Larges, Lisa., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Gay clergy--United States., Presbyterian gays--United States., Blind women--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346590
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes letters from Korea regarding Korean Independence Movement.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345360
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Presbyterian Church in Canada statement on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345344
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Korean and missionary statements on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345297
Title:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
Description:
Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Grosvenor, John H. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345262
Title:
Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
Description:
Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
Creator:
Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345260
Title:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore to the Commission on Religion and Race.
Description:
Letters from Gayraud Wilmore, Executive Director, to members of the Commission on Religion and Race regarding their upcoming meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345255
Title:
Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
Description:
Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator:
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345245
Title:
Letters from Cesar Chavez and James J. Cochran to Dean H. Lewis, 1974.
Description:
A March 21, 1974 letter from labor activist Cesar Chavez and a January 24, 1974 letter from James J. Cochran of the Presbyterian Lay Committee.
Creator:
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. (author), Cochran, James J. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Farm Workers of America., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., Presbyterian Lay Committee., Cochran, James J., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Topics:
Church and the world., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344293
Title:
Letter to U.S. Congress from the Board of Christian Education, April 29, 1964.
Description:
Letter to U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate from the Board of Christian Education's Joseph J. Copeland and Margaret E. (Maggie) Kuhn regarding the Becker Amendment (H.J.Res. 693), April 29, 1964.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. (creator), Copeland, Joseph J. (author), Kuhn, Maggie. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., Kuhn, Maggie., Copeland, Joseph J., United States. Congress.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344285
Title:
Letter from Anne Wexler to Dean H. Lewis, January 18, 1980.
Description:
Letter addressed to Dean Lewis regarding energy issues and his recent visit to the White House. Written by Anne Wexler, Assistant to President Jimmy Carter.
Creator:
Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009. (author), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United States. President (1977-1981: Carter), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Wexler, Anne, 1930-2009.
Topics:
Church and the world., Energy conservation. 
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344283
Title:
Letter from Sam H. Franklin, Jr. to Lois Stair, December 28, 1971.
Description:
Letter from Professor Sam H. Franklin, Jr. of Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, to Lois Stair, Moderator of the General Assembly, concerning Christian morality and the Vietnam War.
Creator:
Franklin, Sam H. (author), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Stair, Lois, 1923-1981., Franklin, Sam H., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Moral and ethical aspects.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344269
Title:
Letter and articles from Chris Glaser to the ruling elders of First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys.
Description:
Regarding Chris Glaser's identity as a gay Presbyterian.
Creator:
Glaser, Chris. (author), First Presbyterian Church (Van Nuys, Calif.) (addressee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Glaser, Chris., First Presbyterian Church (Van Nuys, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344259
Title:
Sugar Quota letters, 1971.
Description:
Letters from John R. Yost and Dean H. Lewis (June 4 and 28, 1971) to members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives regarding Sugar Quota legislation and apartheid in South Africa. Includes replies from Senator Walter F. Mondale (July 22, 1971) and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (September 21, 1971).
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (author), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. (author), Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021. (author), Yost, John R. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021., Yost, John R., United States. Congress.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Foreign trade regulation--United States., Anti-apartheid activists--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Foreign economic relations--South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344210
Title:
Letter from Leonard Peltier to Rev. Ned H. Benson, circa 1973.
Description:
Written by Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, regarding his arrest. Addressed to Rev. Ned H. Benson, pastor of Forest Park United Presbyterian Church in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Creator:
Peltier, Leonard. (author), Benson, Ned H. (addressee)
Subject names:
Peltier, Leonard.
Topics:
Indian activists--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286269
Title:
Letter from Robert A. Baker to Sophia LaRusso, May 17, 1972.
Description:
Written by Robert A. Baker, Secretary of the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners. Addressed to Sophia LaRusso of the United Presbyterian Church Council on Church and Race regarding their $10,000 donation to the fund.
Creator:
Baker, Robert A. (author), LaRusso, Sophia. (addressee)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, National United Committee to Free Angela Davis., Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race.
Topics:
African American women political activists--United States--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church controversies--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286266
Title:
Letter from John Wilkinson to Robert Bohl and John Buchanan, July 23, 1997.
Description:
Features on the early planning phase of the national network of leaders and churches, later known as the Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Creator:
Wilkinson, John. (author), Bohl, Robert W. (addressee), Buchanan, John M., 1938- (addressee)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Buchanan, John M., 1938-, Bohl, Robert W., Hart-Anderson, Timothy., Wilkinson, John.
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286236
Title:
Letter from Pam Byers, September 22, 1997.
Description:
Regarding the Convening Gathering of the Covenant Network on September 19th. Addressed to both the Executive Committee Members and the National Committee Members.
Creator:
Byers, Pam, 1947-2014. (author)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Byers, Pam, 1947-2014.
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286229

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