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News program by NPR's John Burnett regarding Blakely, Georgia's Concerned Black Citizens Committee's federal civil rights suit against the City of Blakely and the Blakely Fire Department. The suit alleges that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown and two of his firefighters belong to the Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Creator:
National Public Radio (U.S.) (creator), Burnett, John F. (reporter)
Subject names:
Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
Topics:
Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Race discrimination--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286345
Description:
Movie produced by the Center for Democratic Renewal documenting the Ku Klux Klan's involvement in and influence on the City of Blakely Fire Department. Includes coverage of the deaths of Charles McCoy and Antavious Williams, two African American children, purportedly due to the fire department's negligence; an interview segment with Sara Ann McCoy, mother of Charles; a speech by Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones, vice chair of the Center for Democratic Renewal; interview segments with Ben Cawthon and Wilbur Robinson of Blakely's Concerned Black Citizens Committee; and a statement by David Griffin, former Blakely City Council member, asserting that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Creator:
Center for Democratic Renewal. (producer), Levitas, Daniel. (producer), Bailey, Louis. (film director), Ettinger, Bruce. (film editor)
Subject names:
Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
Topics:
Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286343
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
Creator:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Stone Mountain (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181712
Creator:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Stone Mountain (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181711
Creator:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Stone Mountain, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Stone Mountain (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181710
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
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
Creator:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Decatur (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181702
Creator:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Decatur (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181701
Creator:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Decatur (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181700
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:
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
Description:
Sermon given by Rev. Amantha Barbee, pastor.
Creator:
Oakhurst Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.) (creator), Barbee, Amantha. (speaker)
Subject names:
Oakhurst Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Decatur (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181652
Creator:
First Afrikan Church (Lithonia, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
First Afrikan Church (Lithonia, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Lithonia (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181643
Creator:
First Afrikan Church (Lithonia, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
First Afrikan Church (Lithonia, Ga.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Lithonia (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181642
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
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
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
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

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