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:
Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1981.
Description:
Oral history recorded December 23, 1981 in Newark, N.J.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Student Christian Movement., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.).
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy., Segregation in education--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133226
Title:
George Teaz Jamieson interviewed by Alfreda Hinn, May 12, 1980.
Description:
George Teaz Jamieson was a Presbyterian chaplain, born 26 February 1907, died 4 September 1997.
Creator:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997. (interviewee), Hinn, Cora Alfreda Pence, 1908-1982. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997.
Topics:
Military chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116474
Title:
James Baldwin, "White Racism or World Community," July 7, 1968, tape 2.
Description:
Address by James Baldwin to a meeting of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala.
Creator:
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. (speaker)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Uppsala (Sweden)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116377
Title:
The church mosaic.
Description:
Moderated by Jane Whitney. Panellists: George Morgan, Mary Yamamoto, Thelma Adair, Martha Campbell, Kenton Pipes. Reactors: Allan Boesak, Jill Martinez, Don Black.
Creator:
Whitney, Jane. (moderator), Morgan, George Pidock, 1923- (speaker), Yamamoto, Mary. (speaker), Adair, Thelma. (speaker), Campbell, Martha. (speaker), Pipes, Kenton Robert, 1946- (speaker), Boesak, Allan, 1945- (speaker), Martinez, Jill. (speaker), Black, Donald, 1920- (speaker)
Topics:
Church and the world.
Geographic subjects:
West Lafayette (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116523
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:
Kenneth Neigh remarks to standing committee on urbanization, 174th General Assembly, May 21, 1962, side 1.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Urbanization.
Geographic subjects:
Denver (Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116400
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 6.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116479
Title:
Raymond Canda interviewed by Ed Wicklein, 19 May 1981, side 1.
Creator:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C., 1934- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116476
Title:
Profile of a riot, side 2.
Description:
Interviews and commentary about the Watts Riot. Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race, UPCUSA.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116492
Title:
Bill Lytle interviewed by Charles Quirk, 1981, side 1.
Description:
One of a series of interviews conducted by Charles E. Quirk in connection with a research project entitled: The United Presbyterian Church and Race.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Quirk, Charles Evans, 1933- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116472
Title:
Profile of a riot, side 1.
Description:
Interviews and commentary about the Watts Riot. Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race, UPCUSA.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116501
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:
Neigh-Adair dinner, 1960s, side 2.
Description:
Recording of a 1960s dinner held in honor of Kenneth G. Neigh, including speeches, gospel music; topics include "urban problems" and "reconciliation."
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Topics:
Urban policy., Gospel music., Reconciliation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2558
Title:
Eugene Callender address on evangelization in Harlem, 1960s.
Description:
Eugene Callender, of Harlem's Presbyterian Church of the Master and the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race, address on evangelization and racial justice, 1964-1966.
Creator:
Callender, Eugene. (speaker)
Subject names:
Church of the Master Presbyterian Church (Manhattan, N.Y.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116402
Title:
Eugene Callender statements and panel discussion on work in Harlem, 6 August 1967, side 1.
Description:
Introductory statements and panel discussion with Eugene Callender and young men involved in his evangelistic and social work among youth in Harlem. Recorded for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Department of Television Radio and Audio-Visuals (TRAV), August 6, 1967.
Creator:
Callender, Eugene. (speaker)
Subject names:
Callender, Eugene., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--New York (state)--New York., Social work with African American children--New York (state)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116378
Title:
Kenneth Neigh remarks to standing committee on urbanization, 174th General Assembly, May 21, 1962, side 2.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Urbanization.
Geographic subjects:
Denver (Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116392
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 7.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116450
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
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:
The Power of the State to Wage War and the Response of the Peace Movement, tape 2.
Description:
Dr. Johan Galtung, research fellow at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University, speaks at the International Peacemaking Consultation of Reformed Churches, Stony Point, May 17-21, 1987.
Creator:
Galtung, Johan Vincent, 1930- (speaker)
Topics:
Peace movements., War.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116393

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