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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:
Joanna Adams oral history, 2017.
Description:
Joanna Moseley Adams, Presbyterian minister, was born October 17, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Columbia Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1979. She served Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), and Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), before spending two years as co-pastor alongside John Buchanan at Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.). From 1996 on she was an organizer for and moderator of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. She retired in 2010.
Creator:
Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer), Adams, Joanna. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Adams, Joanna., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women., Ecumenical movement., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Interfaith worship.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286239
Title:
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181708
Title:
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) worship, 2020.
Creator:
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181707
Title:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Creator:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181657
Title:
Power.
Description:
Sermon given by Rev. Andrew Stephens on public lynching by police.
Creator:
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator), Stephens, Andrew. (speaker)
Subject names:
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181654
Title:
Presbyterians in the Civil Rights Movement Consultation (Atlanta, GA), 1995.
Description:
Reunion of Presbyterian staff involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From left: Clint Marsh, Dean Lewis, Frank Gordon, Jack McClendon, Gay Wilmore, Gene Turner, Reg Hawkins, Bob Shirley, Lee Swann, Gene Farlough, Dave Ramage, Vera Swann, Rita Dixon, Oscar McCloud, Mary Jane Patterson, W. D. Tolbert, Mike Elligan, Jim Costen, Lillian Anthony, Phil Young, Bryant George, Mildred Brown.
Creator:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (creator)
Subject names:
McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160508
Title:
Henry Mitchell, Gayraud Wilmore, Robert Franklin, and Walter Fluker at the Interdenominational Theological Center.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Mitchell, Henry H., 1919-, Franklin, Robert Michael, 1954-, Fluker, Walter E., 1951-, Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160500
Title:
Vigil for detained Cuban refugees at Atlanta Federal Penintentiary.
Description:
Taken at a vigil in front of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
Subject names:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia., Mariel Boatlift, 1980.
Topics:
Emigration and immigration., Immigration advocates--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Emigration and immigration., Cuba--Emigration and immigration., Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153419
Title:
At Southern Catholic race conference.
Description:
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (center) was a major speaker at the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on "Social Change and Christian Response." He is shown at a dinner held during the Atlanta meeting with Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O. (left); and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
Creator:
Sherry, Gerry. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Catholic Leaders Conference., Hallinan, Paul J., Fox, Dom James., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Topics:
Race--Religious aspects, Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150090
Title:
Tenth anniversary of Earth Day observed.
Description:
Costumed participants in Atlanta's Earth Day observance gather on the capitol steps.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Earth Day--Georgia--Atlanta., Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148301
Title:
Seminar explores theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Coretta Scott King, Dr. Harold DeWolf, Dean Jim L. Waits, and Dr. Noel Erskine sing hymnals at an Emory University seminar studying the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory University., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., DeWolf, Harold L., 1905-1986., Waits, James L., Erskine, Noel Leo., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Theology--Study and teaching--Georgia--Atlanta., Seminars., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147049
Title:
Peace March in Atlanta.
Description:
Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8102
Title:
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Description:
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor emeritus of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Dr. King, father of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed the General Assembly at its Monday evening business session on June 13, 1983.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Andrews, James E., King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7753
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
Title:
Appalachia.
Description:
Alpine D.V.B.S. [photo sleeve 32].
Creator:
Harding Studio. (photographer)
Subject names:
Taylor, Bernard M. (Bernard Montross), 1906---Archives.
Topics:
Children--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region., Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5207

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