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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
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Description:Teresa delivers anti-abortion speech. Recorded at the Sheraton Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, June 7, 1988, in connection with the 200th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).Creator:Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997., Presbyterians Pro-Life Research, Education, and Care, Inc., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (200th : 1988 : Saint Louis, Mo.)Topics:Abortion--Religious aspects.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286241
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Description:Oral history, 2022, on growing up in Urmia and Golpashan, the genocide of Assyrians during the First World War, the transfer of mission schools to government control after 1934, her mother Lillie's career as a teacher, and her father Mishael's work as a Presbyterian pastor in Urmia and at Gaston Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eden Naby is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. She has conducted research, taught and published on minority issues in countries from Turkey to Xinjiang. Her work on Afghanistan and on the Assyrians stands out in the field of cultural survival.Creator:Naby, Eden. (interviewee)Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia MissionTopics:Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Assyrians--Iran--Urūmīyah--History--20th century., Assyrians--Crimes against--Iran--History.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286183
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Description:Raymond Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in a Roman Catholic family in the Bronx, New York. Ray spent seventeen years teaching K-12 in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. In 1995, he was introduced to That All May Freely Serve and began attending South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA), as an openly gay man. Ray accepted a leadership role at That All May Freely Serve in 2013 and spent several years traveling the country and advocating for a fully inclusive church.Creator:Bagnuolo, Raymond. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Bagnuolo, Raymond., Spahr, Jane Adams.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Ordination of lesbians., Ordination of gays.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286178
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Description:Michael Adee was a member and ordained Elder of Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church (Cincinnati, Ohio). He also served as the first Field Organizer (later called Executive Director) for More Light Presbyterians from 1999 to 2013.Creator:Adee, Michael. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Adee, Michael.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286177
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Description:Gail Ricciuti and Anthony Ricciuti co-pastored Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY) from 1983 to 1998. Chuck Lundeen was part of the pastor nominating committee which chose Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, as pastor of Downtown Church. That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) began in 1993 after Spahr was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown Church. Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians. Ed Saphar worked with Virginia West Davidson to establish Spahr as Downtown Church's "lesbian evangelist."Creator:Ricciuti, Gail Anderson. (interviewee), Ricciuti, Anthony. (interviewee), Saphar, Ed. (interviewee), Lundeen, Chuck. (interviewee)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285212
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Description:Peter Oddleifson was an elder at Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY), an attorney who contributed to the national LGBTQ movement for equal ordination rights in the PC(USA), and an early member of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.Creator:Oddleifson, Peter. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Oddleifson, Peter.Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285211
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Description:Doris VanVechten, Connie Rochelle-Woodley, and Leigh Rochelle-Woodley were active members of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.Creator:VanVechten, Doris. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Leigh. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Connie. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285210
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Title:Description:Friday worship, August 4, 2000, Carter Heyward preaching.Creator:Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Heyward, Carter. (speaker)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Gay clergy--United States--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284879
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Creator:Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Juillerat, Martha., Lindhal, Tammy.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Gay clergy--United States--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284878
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Description:An account of United States interventions in Central America in the 1980s, "viewed through the perspectives of the churches" "Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Friendship PressTopics:Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.Geographic subjects:Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979., El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281972
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Description:Address delivered at Women's Breakfast, 198th General Assembly, Minneapolis, Minn., June 15, 1986.Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications Unit, United Presbyterian Women, Weir, Carol, 1924-2010 (speaker)Topics:Distributive justice, Peace-buildingGeographic subjects:Lebanon--HistoryURL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281926
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Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)Subject names:Abu-Akel, Fahed.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281925
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Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)Subject names:Abu-Akel, Fahed.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281924
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Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)Subject names:Abu-Akel, Fahed.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281923
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Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)Subject names:Abu-Akel, Fahed.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281921
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar., Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182032
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar, Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182031
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Creator:WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) (creator)Subject names:Hope Presbyterian Church (Wheaton, Ill.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Wheaton (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181727
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Description:"The Fierce Urgency of Now," by Rev. Mark Sandlin.Creator:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.) (creator), Sandlin, Mark. (speaker)Subject names:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Greensboro (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181726
