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- Title
- National Public Radio (NPR) - Blakely, Georgia, June 28, 1990.
- Description
- 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 Name(s)
- National Public Radio (U.S.) (creator), Burnett, John F. (reporter)
- Date Created
- 1990, June 28, 1990, June 28, 1990
- Name Subject(s)
- Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Race discrimination--United States--20th century.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Georgia., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Early--Blakely, United States, 20th century.
- Physical Location
- RG 534, Box 10, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Emergency Fund for Legal Aid for Racial and Intercultural Justice Records, 1969-1998.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-534
- Identifier (local)
- rg534_b10_f7_NPR_Blakely
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:286345
- Title
- Life and Death in Blakely, Georgia, 1991.
- 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 Name(s)
- Center for Democratic Renewal. (producer), Levitas, Daniel. (producer), Bailey, Louis. (film director), Ettinger, Bruce. (film editor)
- Date Created
- 1991
- Name Subject(s)
- Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Georgia., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Early--Blakely, United States, 20th century.
- Physical Location
- RG 534, Box 10, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Emergency Fund for Legal Aid for Racial and Intercultural Justice Records, 1969-1998.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-534
- Identifier (local)
- rg534_b10_f7_life_and_death_in_Blakely_GA
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:286343
- Title
- Joanna Adams oral history, 2017.
- 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 Name(s)
- Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer), Adams, Joanna. (interviewee)
- Date Created
- 2017, August 16, 2017, August 16, 2017
- Name Subject(s)
- Adams, Joanna., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women., Ecumenical movement., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Interfaith worship.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--DeKalb--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 17-0902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Presbyterian Historical Society oral histories, 2017.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE4NjU=
- Identifier (local)
- 17-0902_adams_04
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:286239
- Title
- Dr. James Costen Interdenominational Theological Center interview.
- Description
- Interview with Dr. James Costen regarding his retirement from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.
- Creator Name(s)
- Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee)
- Date Created
- 1998, ca. 1998, ca. 1998
- Name Subject(s)
- Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians., African American leadership.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- RG 538, Box 5, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
- Identifier (local)
- Jim_ITC_interview
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:300797
- Title
- James Costen Sr. interviewed by James Costen Jr., Interdenominational Theological Center, 1998.
- Creator Name(s)
- Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Costen, James Hutten, 1955-2018. (interviewer)
- Date Created
- 1998, 1998, 1998
- Name Subject(s)
- Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians., African American Christian educators., African American clergy.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta--Fulton
- Physical Location
- RG 538, Box E, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
- Identifier (local)
- E1JimSrJimJr1998
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348016
- Title
- Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
- Description
- Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
- Creator Name(s)
- Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
- Date Created
- 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
- Name Subject(s)
- Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
- Identifier (local)
- 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_1
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359656
- Title
- Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
- Description
- Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
- Creator Name(s)
- Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
- Date Created
- 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
- Name Subject(s)
- Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
- Identifier (local)
- 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359657