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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:
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:
Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description:
Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344307
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1982.
Description:
Oral history recorded May 20, 1982 in Rochester, N.Y.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., Segregation in education--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133228
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1982.
Description:
Oral history recorded May 20, 1982 in Rochester, N.Y.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Forman, James, 1928-2005., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., African American clergy, Segregation in education--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133227
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1981.
Description:
Oral history recorded December 23, 1981 in Newark, N.J.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Student Christian Movement., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.).
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy., Segregation in education--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133226
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1981.
Description:
Oral history recorded December 23, 1981 in Newark, N.J.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Student Christian Movement., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., Segregation in education--United States., African American clergy., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133225
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1981-1982.
Description:
Oral history recorded December 23, 1981 and May 20, 1982 in Newark, N.J. and Rochester, N.Y.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., Segregation in education--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133224
Title:
Bill Lytle interviewed by Charles Quirk, 1981.
Description:
One of a series of interviews conducted by Charles E. Quirk in connection with a research project entitled: The United Presbyterian Church and Race.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Quirk, Charles Evans, 1933- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116484
Title:
George Teaz Jamieson interviewed by Alfreda Hinn, May 12, 1980.
Description:
George Teaz Jamieson was a Presbyterian chaplain, born 26 February 1907, died 4 September 1997.
Creator:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997. (interviewee), Hinn, Cora Alfreda Pence, 1908-1982. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997.
Topics:
Military chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116474
Title:
Bill Lytle interviewed by Charles Quirk, 1981, side 1.
Description:
One of a series of interviews conducted by Charles E. Quirk in connection with a research project entitled: The United Presbyterian Church and Race.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Quirk, Charles Evans, 1933- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116472
Title:
Bill Lytle interviewed by Charles Quirk, 1981, side 2.
Description:
One of a series of interviews conducted by Charles E. Quirk in connection with a research project entitled: The United Presbyterian Church and Race.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Quirk, Charles Evans, 1933- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116470

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