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:
A weary Cambodian mother waits for food for her hungry child, alternative caption.
Description:
Also includes a caption for another photograph not in the collection.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Church., International Committee of the Red Cross--Thailand.
Topics:
Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977-1991., Refugee camps--Thailand., Humanitarian intervention--Cambodia., Humanitarian intervention--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand., Cambodia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149059
Title:
A weary Cambodian mother waits for food for her hungry child.
Description:
Mother and child at a Thailand refugee camp.
Creator:
American Friends Service Committee. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Committee of the Red Cross--Thailand.
Topics:
Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977-1991., Refugee camps--Thailand., Humanitarian intervention--Cambodia., Humanitarian intervention--Thailand., Children--Cambodia.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand., Cambodia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148373
Title:
Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry.
Description:
PC(USA) outreach video on Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry, narrated by mission co-worker Janet Guyer, October 2001.
Creator:
Guyer, Janet. (narrator), Williams, Joseph. (editor), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council. Office of Communication. (producer)
Subject names:
Church of Christ in Thailand.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions, Medical--Thailand., AIDS activists--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142513
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (creator)
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2592
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2591
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (Creator)
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2590

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