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 to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech.
Description:
[Letter to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech regarding the attack on Rev. Paul Dotson.]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7438
Title:
Clergymen Demonstrate in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The almost constant rain in Hattiesburg dampened everything but the spirits of the clergy demonstrators. The four pictured below are (left to right) United Presbyterians Dudley E. Sarfaty, Carl Raymond Smith, John Coventry Smith, and Robert J. Stone.
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Smith, Carl R., Sarfaty, Dudley E., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Stone, Robert John, 1919-
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7337
Title:
Delta Ministry.
Description:
[Delta Ministry brochure cover.]
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. Research Unit--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7258
Title:
Delta Ministry.
Description:
[A Delta Ministry staff member and two Mississippi residents walk past a voter registration center.]
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., Voting--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7110
Title:
Rev. Robert Lyon Beech.
Description:
[Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6995

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