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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:
God bless - whom? :
Description:
Writer/narrator, Richard Goode ; director, Nancy Carter. Participants: Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, anon. Grand Dragons of the Ku Klux Klan, anon. Northern and Southern citizens. Presents the moral issues in the civil rights struggle with specific suggestions about what individuals can do.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Goode, Richard. (narrator), Carter, Nancy. (director)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Galamison, , Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116487
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116447
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921- (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116445
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116438
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116436
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer), Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921- (interviewee)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116429
Title:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer), Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921- (interviewee)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116423
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 3.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116420
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116417
Title:
Eugene Carson Blake interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116415
Title:
Edler G. Hawkins speech, 1964.
Description:
Edler Hawkins speaking on the role of the Presbyterian Church in the civil rights struggle. Presented at General Assembly, probably 1964.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116235
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean H., 1926- (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116206
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116205
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115623
Title:
The meaning of the Birmingham tragedy, 1963.
Description:
Protestant Council of the City of New York panel discussion with James Baldwin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dr. Thomas C. Kilgore, Jr., focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. A program in the television series: Our Protestant heritage.
Subject names:
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998.
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Birmingham (Ala.)--History--Bombardment--Sept. 15, 1963.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71692
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 2.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 1.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870

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