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Title: Presbyterians in the Civil Rights Movement Consultation (Atlanta, GA), 1995.
Description: Reunion of Presbyterian staff involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From left: Clint Marsh, Dean Lewis, Frank Gordon, Jack McClendon, Gay Wilmore, Gene Turner, Reg Hawkins, Bob Shirley, Lee Swann, Gene Farlough, Dave Ramage, Vera Swann, Rita Dixon, Oscar McCloud, Mary Jane Patterson, W. D. Tolbert, Mike Elligan, Jim Costen, Lillian Anthony, Phil Young, Bryant George, Mildred Brown.
Creator Name(s): McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (creator)
Date Created: 1995, August 17-18, 1995, August 17-18, 1995
Name Subject(s): McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Archives., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 523, Box 12, Folder 25; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: J. Oscar McCloud Papers, 1954-2010.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-523
Identifier (local): ds6613
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:160508

Title: Presbyterian Church During the Civil Rights Movement, 1995, tape 3, side a
Description: Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1995
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020
Date Created: 1995, August 17, 1995, August 17, 1995
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movement., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 526, box 9, item 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Gayraud Wilmore papers, 1947-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-526
Identifier (local): rg526_b9_f10_sideA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345487

Title: Presbyterian Church During the Civil Rights Movement, 1995, tape 3, side b
Description: Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1995
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020
Date Created: 1995, August 17, 1995, August 17, 1995
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights mvoement., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 526, box 9, item 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Gayraud Wilmore papers, 1947-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-526
Identifier (local): rg526_b9_f10_sideB
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345488

Title: Negroes pray for justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-27052 NEGROES PRAY FOR JUSTICE ALBANY, Ga. -- Negro demonstrators held a prayer meeting in front of the Albany (Ga.) City Hall to appeal for a just verdict for 11 Freedom Riders on trial there. Police form a cordon in the rear to forestall any violence. The Negro demonstrators, whose number sometimes rose to 700, held mass meetings in the Shiloh Baptist church. So far about 480 Negroes have been arrested for their participation in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UPI-NYC-12C-61-NM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa December 17, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany., Prayer--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Trials--Georgia--Albany.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., United States, Albany (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Dougherty--Albany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-27052; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-27052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358340

Title: Demonstration in Atlanta.
Description: Police arrest protesters in Atlanta.
Creator Name(s): Lyon, Danny. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta., Police brutality--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta--Fulton, Georgia, Atlanta.
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 14, Folder 63; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): ds1307
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5406

Title: At tribute for her husband.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-45136 AT TRIBUTE FOR HER HUSBAND ATLANTA -- Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, holds a program bearing a picture of Dr. King on its cover as she and members of her family attended a wreath laying ceremony at Dr. King's crypt in Atlanta. Mrs. King led some 20,000 people in a parade through the streets of Atlanta to mark the 45th anniversary of Dr. King's birth. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ATL-1C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-45136; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-45136
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:362534

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: Tears in Atlanta.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-45752 TEARS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA -- Members cry outside a church where the mother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain by a gunman in Atlanta. One other person was killed in the fusillade of bullets unleashed by a black man regarded by authorities as insane. The famed civil rights leader’s mother was slain as she played the organ in the church in which her son and her husband had served as pastors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-7A-74-JW)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 30, 1974, June 30, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Death and burial., Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Families of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Church shootings--Georgia--Atlanta., Assassination--Georgia--Atlanta., Bereavement--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-45752; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-45752
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358355

Title: Convicted of slaying Mrs. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46021 CONVICTED OF SLAYING MRS. KING ATLANTA -- Marcus Wayne Chenault (right) is escorted from court in Atlanta after he was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr., and a church deacon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Mrs. King’s husband is a pastor. Mr. Chenault, a 23-year-old black college student from Dayton, Ohio, clapped his hands as the jury convicted him, and blew kisses at the court as the sentence was read. Grinning, Mr. Chenault told the court, “My name is Servant Jacob. I was ordered here by my God, my father and my master.” At the time of the murder, he claimed he had been sent by his “god” to confront Mr. King, Sr., father of the slain civil rights leader. The defendant was said to be part of a group which believes black minister have misled their people and should be punished. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ATL-9C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, September 12, 1974, September 12, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chenault, Marcus Wayne, Jr., 1951-1995., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Death and burial., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Assassination., Boykin, Edward, -1974--Death and burial., Boykin, Edward, -1974--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Murderers--Georgia--Atlanta., Judgments, Criminal--Georgia--Atlanta., Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Georgia--Atlanta., Assassination--Georgia--Atlanta., Capital punishment--Georgia.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46021; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-46021
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361267

Title: At tribute for her husband.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1974, January 15, 1974, January 15, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-45136; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-45136_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:362427

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history, 2023.
Description: Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Edwin Bethea oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3MTU%3d
Identifier (local): 23-0855_EdwinBethea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345295

Title: Katie Geneva Cannon, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Ennis lectures, 2004, side 1
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G., Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date Created: 2004, 2004, 2004
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-0313; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Bettie Durrah papers, 1976-2013.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAxNzU=&qr
Identifier (local): 22-0313_sidea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285288

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

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

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