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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:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) sermon, 2016.
Description:
On the church's Black Lives Matter banner and discussions with the San Francisco Police Department.
Creator:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181723
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride worship series, 2021.
Description:
St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Five, June 27, 2021.
Creator:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179824
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride worship series, 2021.
Description:
St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Four, June 20, 2021.
Creator:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179823
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride worship series, 2021.
Description:
St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Three, June 13, 2021.
Creator:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179822
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride worship series, 2021.
Description:
St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Two, June 6, 2021.
Creator:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179821
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride worship series, 2021.
Description:
St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week One, May 30, 2021.
Creator:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179820
Title:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) Pride display.
Description:
Pride display at St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2021.
Subject names:
St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179656
Title:
Letter from Bill Johnson addressed to David Sindt, December 7, 1973.
Description:
Letter from Bill Johnson of the Council on Religion and the Homosexual addressed to David Sindt on forming a Presbyterian Gay Caucus, December 7, 1973.
Creator:
Johnson, William R., 1946- (author), Sindt, David, 1940-1986. (addressee)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., Council on Religion and the Homosexual (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Gay Caucus.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165928
Title:
Cameron House, San Francisco, ca. 1920s.
Description:
Group of women and girls at Chinese Mission Home - San Francisco, California.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150478
Title:
Help via telephone.
Description:
Three young people man the telephones at "Switchboard" in San Francisco, one of the many telephone crisis intervention centers now operating around the world. These centers fill the gap between persons with needs and the agencies established to fill those needs.
Creator:
Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Switchboard (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Helplines--California--San Francisco., Community information services--California--San Francisco., Information services industry--Employees.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150075
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82720
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82686
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82678
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82672
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82604
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Japanese American Citizens League San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Japanese American Citizens' League.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57366
Title:
Happy homecoming.
Description:
Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator:
San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topics:
Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10149
Title:
The house itself - It's a large square building located on a corner.
Description:
The house itself - It's a large square building located on a corner.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco--20th century., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century., Asian Americans--Missions--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6632
Title:
Cameron and children.
Description:
Cameron and children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (218th : 2008 : San Jose, Calif.), Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Chinese American children--California--San Francisco Bay Area--20th century., Church work with Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco., Women missionaries--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco Bay Area. (Calif.)--Home missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6240

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