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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:
Through the Eyes of Children
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Charities., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with refugees.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141947
Title:
Mother and baby.
Description:
No. 1532, Tyre, Lebanon, March 1952. Too little, too late! The tiny Arab refugee baby, shown here in his mother's arms, is now dead. When discovered by Christian welfare workers, he was already a living skeleton, his tiny body wasted from the ravages of malnutrition. Though emergency food of high nutritive quality was immediately supplied the child was already too weak to respond. There are many Arab children like these among Palestinian refugees, and it is only occasionally that Christian relief can save them, this mother, clad in Western church-contributed clothing, is now heartbroken, because the little one which had become so dear to her, especially under the care she had so desperately rendered with little means, is now gone from her miserable life. (WCC photo)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees, Palestinian Arab., Refugees--Lebanon--Tyre., Refugees--Palestine.
Geographic subjects:
Tyre (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83452
Title:
Cuban refugees arrive at Miami airport.
Description:
2 flights daily from Cuba.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83450
Title:
San Antonio, Texas.
Description:
Interning at Baptist Hospital San Antonio.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Indonesia., Refugees--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83449
Title:
Bulgarian refugee participates in folk dance.
Description:
After arrival in USA an evening of folk dancing.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Bulgaria., Refugees--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83448
Title:
Congregants receiving blessings.
Description:
Macalaster College St. Paul, Minn. calls a Polish pastor.
Subject names:
Macalester College.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Poland., Refugees--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83447
Title:
Hungarian refugees in the United States.
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Chehalis, Wash.)
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Hungary., Refugees--Washington--Chehalis.
Geographic subjects:
Chehalis (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83446
Title:
Hungarian refugees Lajos and Julianna's wedding.
Description:
Soon the wedding and both are employed.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Hungary.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83445
Title:
Bulgarian refugee visiting ruins in Italy.
Description:
Alex escapes to Italy from his native Bulgaria.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Bulgaria., Refugees--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Italy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83444
Title:
Map of Europe.
Description:
Refugee Settlement, 1968. 17 million refugees! Who are the refugee-escapees? YELLOW - Communist Countries. GREY - 7 Countries of First Asylum.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees.
Geographic subjects:
Europe.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83443
Title:
Young boy drinking cod liver oil before a meal.
Description:
Palestine 136 Rafah refugee camp in Gaza. Just before their milk, the boys have to take a spoonful of Cod Liver Oil.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Gaza Strip., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Gaza Strip., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83442
Title:
Cuban refugees.
Description:
Short stay at Freedom House.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83441
Title:
Cuban refugees arrive at Miami airport.
Description:
The Cuban Story. Cuban family arrives in Miami.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83440
Title:
Indonesian refugees.
Description:
Indonesian Christian family with medical training.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Indonesia.
Geographic subjects:
Indonesia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83439
Title:
Julianna at work.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Hungary.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83438
Title:
A young child in Salt Hospital, Jordan.
Description:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Salt Hospital, Jordan. This hospital which has 65 surgical and maternity beds is the only one which is purely devoted to the needs of the 450,000 refugees in Jordan, although by arrangements with local hospitals some 860 beds can be used. Salt Hospital is staffed entirely by Palestinian doctors, nurses, and orderlies. This picture shows a small patient who seems to be thanking the churches and the United Nations for their care.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Jordan., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Jordan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83437
Title:
Bulgarian priest.
Description:
The Bulgarian Story.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Bulgaria.
Geographic subjects:
Bulgaria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83436
Title:
A widow and her children.
Description:
Gaza. Fatmeh Hamadeh from Gaza. Widow, has 5 children; 4 of them are twins of 5 and 7 years. Husband died 3 years ago as a result of an air raid in Gaza. They live in a room made of mud and covered with rags. No other source of income except the rations they draw from UNRWA. The children's daily food consists of bread and salt. Issued with flour, clothing, blankets and shoes. [WCC photo]
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Gaza Strip., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Gaza Strip.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83435
Title:
Children receiving an extra meal from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Description:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency. In addition to their ordinary rations, undernourished children receive a hot meal a day in UNRWA's supplementary feeding centres.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83434
Title:
A woman repairs a pair of pants.
Description:
March 1951. No. 1387 (UNRWA 1015). Ain Helweh [Ain al-Hilweh] camp in Lebanon near Saida [Sidon]. There are 7676 persons living in this camp, 1418 families who all live in tents. This picture shows a mother repairing her little boy's clothes. It can be seen from the washing drying on the stones how ragged these clothes are.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Sidon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Sidon (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83433

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