Search results

(1 - 4 of 4)

Title: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers
Description: History of Presbyterian and ecumenical involvement in civil rights movements, protests, and social justice issues, as well as individual social reformers and activists.
Featured image: Presbyterian peacemaking rally to freeze nuclear weapons, 1985.
Topical Subject(s): Anti-war demonstrations., Christianity and politics., Social justice--Religious aspects., Church and the world., Social reformers., Civil rights demonstrations., Race relations--Religious aspects., Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements., Civil rights workers.
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:protest_reform

Title: PCUSA Special Committee on Racism, Truth and Reconciliation
Description: The Special Committee on Racism Truth and Reconciliation was created by the 222nd General Assembly (2016) with a mandate to interrogate institutional racism within the Church. In support of the committee’s work, this collection brings together records of the Presbyterian Church’s responses to the Confession of 1967, the Black Manifesto, and other passages from the long-standing struggles of Black, Brown and indigenous power movements against white supremacy. The committee presents its full report and recommendations to the 225th General Assembly (2022).
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:scrtr
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:scrtr

Title: Social and political issues and activism
Description: 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.
Topical Subject(s): War., Social justice--Religious aspects., Church and the world., Social reformers., Christianity and politics.
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:social_political

Title: Religious News Service Photographs
Description: Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--History--20th century., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Orthodox Eastern Church--History--20th century., Religious News Service.
Topical Subject(s): Catholics--History--20th century., Foreign news--History--United States--20th century., Jews--History--20th century., Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Judaism--History--20th century., Protestantism--History--20th century., Protestants--History--20th century., Religion--Photographs., Religion and politics--History--20th century., Religion and sociology--History--20th century., Religion and international relations--History--20th century., Religious institutions--History--20th century., Religious leaders., Social movements--Religious aspects--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., United States, 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RNS RG 1; 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
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rns

Pearl Digital Collections

You are here

Search results