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- Title
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. struck by a rock.
- Description
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.
- Creator Name(s)
- United Press International. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1966, August 5, 1966, August 5, 1966
- Name Subject(s)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
- Geographic subjects
- Illinois, Chicago, 20th century., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Chicago
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34625; 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)
- ds3344
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:7010
- Title
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
- Description
- Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
- Creator Name(s)
- Cannon, Katie G. (author), Early, Gerald Lyn. (author), Dorrien, Gary J. (author), Clinton, Hillary Rodham. (author), Sharma, Arvind. (author), Gilman, Andrew. (author), Swearer, Donald K., 1934-. (author), Williams, Preston N. (author), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (author)
- Date Created
- 1974, 1974-1997
- Name Subject(s)
- Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Harvard Divinity School., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969., Dixon, Maceo.
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics., Black power.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
- Related Item
- Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
- Identifier (local)
- 21-0109_b4_008b
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:175658
- Title
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
- Description
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."
- Date Created
- 1965, July 6, 1965, July 6, 1965
- Name Subject(s)
- United Church of Christ. General Synod., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32827; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-32827
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:143453
- Title
- Martin Luther King Jr., "The church on the frontier of racial tension," 1965.
- Description
- Address delivered at the Christian Action Conference, Montreat, N.C., August 1965.
- Creator Name(s)
- King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968., Jr. (speaker)
- Date Created
- 1965, August 1965, August 1965
- Name Subject(s)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Racism--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Montreat, United States.
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 12-0824; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
- Related Item
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV audio materials, 1956-1980s.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTQ3OQ==&sI
- Identifier (local)
- 12-0824_mlk_montreat
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:280656
- Title
- Hosea L. Williams, Gayraud S. Wilmore, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.
- Description
- [Hosea L. Williams (standing, left) and Gayraud S. Wilmore (standing, center) at a press conference with Martin Luther King, Jr. (seated, center) and Coretta Scott King (seated, right)]
- Date Created
- 1963, ca. 1963-1968
- Name Subject(s)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
- Physical Location
- RG 301.9, Box 14, Folder 58; 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)
- ds3175
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:7202
- Title
- Speakers at an anti-war rally.
- Description
- Speakers at an anti-war rally [From left: Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Dr. Henry Steel Commage, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. John C. Bennet].
- Creator Name(s)
- Goodwin, John C. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1967, April 6, 1967, April 6, 1967
- Name Subject(s)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives., Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- United States, 20th century., United States., North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 118, Image no. 35583; 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)
- ds3592
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:8020
- Title
- Now advances someday.
- Description
- [Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene Carson Blake, and others bow their heads in prayer during the March on Washington. From Presbyterian Life, Oct 1, 1963, p. 9].
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Presbyterian Life.
- Identifier (local)
- ds3213
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:7327
- Title
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
- Description
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor emeritus of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Dr. King, father of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed the General Assembly at its Monday evening business session on June 13, 1983.
- Creator Name(s)
- Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1983, June 13, 1983
- Name Subject(s)
- Andrews, James E., King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
- Geographic subjects
- Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- PRINTFILE 129 (2); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Print file picture.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=34033
- Identifier (local)
- ds3687
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:7753
- Title
- Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.
- Description
- PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1958, September 4, 1958, September 4, 1958
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.
- Geographic subjects
- Alabama, Montgomery., Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 22643; 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)
- ds2931
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:7465
- Title
- March leaders confer with president.
- Description
- The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29807; 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)
- ds3219
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:12190
- Title
- Dr. King arrested in voter drive.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-32117 DR. KING ARRESTED IN VOTER DRIVE SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negroes kneel to pray as they are being taken to jail after being arrested in a voter registration drive. The noted Baptist minister and winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was among 265 persons arrested on charges of parading without a permit as they walked to the Dallas County Courthouse to protest voter registration practices. In addition, some 500 students who stayed out of school to join the demonstration were arrested on truancy charges, while 37 adults were seized by police for contempt of court. Most of those apprehended were released without bail pending arraignment. Dr. King, however, remained in jail than post the $200 bond required for non-residents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
- Date Created
- 1965, February 1, 1965, February 1, 1965
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1928-1968.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights deomnstrations--Alabama--Selma., Arrest--Alabama--Selma., African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Suffrage--Alabama--Selma.
- Geographic subjects
- Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 107, image no. PC-32117; 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-32117
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:343596
- Title
- Peace March in Atlanta.
- Description
- Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.
- Date Created
- 1969
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Geographic subjects
- Georgia, Atlanta, 20th century., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 130, Image no. 38643; 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)
- ds3593
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:8102
- Title
- Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1981.
- Description
- Oral history recorded December 23, 1981 in Newark, N.J.
- Creator Name(s)
- Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
- Date Created
- 1981, December 23, 1981, December 23, 1981
- Name Subject(s)
- 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.).
- Topical Subject(s)
- African Americans--Civil rights., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy., Segregation in education--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- United States, North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Essex--Newark, United States.
- Physical Location
- CASSETTE 857; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- [Interview with] Gayraud S. Wilmore, Jr. [sound recording] / [J. Oscar McCloud].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=584
- Identifier (local)
- cassette857_side2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:133226
- Title
- Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
- Description
- Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Creator Name(s)
- Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
- Date Created
- 2008, October 1, 2008, October 1, 2008
- Name Subject(s)
- Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States, United States.
- Physical Location
- RG 538, Box 1, Folder 14; 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)
- Melva_interview_2008
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:300798
- 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 Name(s)
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. (speaker)
- Date Created
- 1968, July 7, 1968
- Name Subject(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 03-0529h; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Identifier (local)
- 03-0529h_baldwin_speech_tape2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:116377