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Description:
Men and women outside Rohwer Federated Christian Church at Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas.
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--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Rohwer (Ark.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57383
Description:
Service at Rohwer Buddhist Church, Rohwer Japanese American incarceration camp in Arkansas.
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--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Rohwer (Ark.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57373
Description:
Officers of the Washburn Presbytery discuss Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus' charge that a "large number" of Southern Presbyterian ministers "have been brainwashed by leftwingers and Communists." Shown left to right are: the Rev. James A. Mahon, Jr., of Second Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, Ark., new moderator; Dr. T.B. Hay, president of the Arkansas Council of Churches and pastor of Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church here; and Charles S. Harley of Little Rock, permanent clerk.
Creator:
Funston, Lelia Maude. (photographer)
Subject names:
Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994., Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Washburn.
Topics:
African Americans--Segregation--Arkansas--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Race relations--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Arkansas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7481
Description:
[Letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower to John S. Wood thanking him for his letter regarding maintenance of law and order in Little Rock.]
Subject names:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Topics:
School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7151

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