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Title: Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians".
Description: Address by King delivered at COEMAR breakfast, Presbyterian General Assembly, 1958. Second-generation dub from original recording in 89-0626c.
Creator Name(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Date Created: 1958, June 3, 1958, June 3, 1958
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Allegheny, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Physical Location: TAPE 665; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Martin Luther King, Jr. [at the] 1958 Pittsburgh/G.A [sound recording].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=173
Identifier (local): tape665
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146281

Title: Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians."
Description: Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator Name(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Date Created: 1958, June 3, 1958
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0626c; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, 1958.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAz&qrs=
Identifier (local): 89-0626c_mllk_coemar
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116806

Title: Service marks anniversary of death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description: At the end of a service marking the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the congregation of New York's Riverside Church, was led in singing "We Shall Overcome," by participants including, from left: Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young; Ms. Marion Hollingsworth, chairperson of the commemorative service; New York Judge Bruce Wright; the Rev. George Thomas, minister of outreach and institutional relations of Riverside Church; the church's pastor, Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.; Dr. Edward Lowe and Benjamin Lorick, both black Christian caucus leaders of the congregation and the Rev. Dr. Eugene Laubach, the church's coordinating minister.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53523; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-53523
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149292

Title: Seminar explores theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description: Coretta Scott King, Dr. Harold DeWolf, Dean Jim L. Waits, and Dr. Noel Erskine sing hymnals at an Emory University seminar studying the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53506; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53506
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147358

Title: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Mass.) worship, 2021.
Description: Worship following arson attack by a white supremacist on the church building.
Creator Name(s): Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Mass.) (creator)
Date Created: 2021, January 3, 2021, January 3, 2021
Name Subject(s): Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Arson--United States., Hate crimes--United States., Racism--United States--21st century., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States, 21st century., United States., Springfield (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Hampden--Springfield
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Black Lives Matter collection, 2014-2021. --http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk2NTI=
Identifier (local): MLKPCSpringfieldMA3January
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:181679

Title: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Mass.) news coverage, 2021.
Description: News coverage of arson of MLK Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator Name(s): WGGB-TV (Television station : Springfield, Mass.) (creator)
Date Created: 2021, January 15, 2021, January 15, 2021
Name Subject(s): Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Arson--United States., Hate crimes--United States., Racism--United States--21st century., African American churches--Fires and fire prevention--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States, 21st century., United States., Springfield (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Hampden--Springfield
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Black Lives Matter collection, 2014-2021. --http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk2NTI=
Identifier (local): mlk-westmass
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:181680

Title: Letter from Coretta Scott King to Dr. James Costen, October 30, 1990.
Description: Letter from Coretta Scott King to Dr. James Costen asking him to serve as Honorary Chairperson of the Fifteenth Annual Interfaith Service for King Week '91.
Creator Name(s): King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006. (author), Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (addressee)
Date Created: 1990, October 30, 1990, October 30, 1990
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects: Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Fulton--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 5, Folder 13; 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): rg538_b5_f13_letter_coretta_scott_king_1990
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300379

Title: Letters between Dr. James H. Costen and Coretta Scott King.
Description: Letter (November 4, 1983) from Coretta Scott King to Dr. James H. Costen inviting him to the Annual Observance of the Fifty-fifth Birthday Celebration of The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. and asking Costen to serve as co-chair of The Eighth Annual Atlanta Interfaith Service in January 1984. Letter (November 11, 1983) from James H. Costen to The Reverend Leslie Carter accepting the invitation.
Creator Name(s): King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006. (author), Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (author)
Date Created: 1983
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects: Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Fulton--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 5, Folder 4; 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): rg538_b5_f4_letter_coretta_scott_king_1983
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300318

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: Welcome news.
Description: Inhabitants of Resurrection City, home of the Poor People's Campaign, read newspaper accounts 6/8 of the capture of James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in London. Announcement of the capture was read over the public address system in the campsite. UPI Telephoto.
Creator Name(s): Gilbert Photo Service, Inc. (photographer), United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 8, 1968, June 8, 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial., Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Assassination--Investigation--United States., American newspapers--Headlines., American newspapers--Headlines.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 126, image no. PC-37273; 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-37273
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147034

Title: Dr. King preaches in London.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31937 DR. KING PREACHES IN LONDON LONDON -- The doctrine of “black supremacy” is as dangerous as “white supremacy,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., declared as he became the first non-Anglican to preach in the historic St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The Baptist clergyman gave the sermon during his overseas tour to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights efforts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-NY-12C-64-NBM)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31937; 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-31937
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356783

Title: Negroes in 'massive assault' on bias.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31141 NEGROES IN ‘MASSIVE ASSAULT’ ON BIAS ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.-More racial demonstrations were in store for St. Augustine as Negro integration leaders held a press conference to announce the “beginning of a massive assault on segregation” in the city--scene of violence between whites and Negroes. Clergy leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are seated at table during the press interview, with pickets carrying signs standing the background. Left to right are Dr. R. B. Hayling, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. Ralph Abernathy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6B-64-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31141; 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-31141
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350402

Title: Integration leader welcomed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30656 INTEGRATION LEADER WELCOMED HONOLULU -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and integration leader, receives traditional leis on his arrival in Hawaii. In addition to addressing University of Hawaii students, Dr. King spoke to state legislators and other government officials attending the "God and Country" service at Kawaihao church [sic. Kawaiahaʻo Church], the "Westminster Abbey" of Hawaii. His visit was sponsored jointly by the Honolulu Council of Churches and the University Associated Students. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HAW-2D-64-MH)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30656; 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-30656
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353965

Title: Dr. King addresses Methodist students.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31984 DR. KING ADDRESSES METHODIST STUDENTS LINCOLN, Neb. -- Youth leaders greet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who addressed 3,500 delegates attending the Eighth Quadrennial Conference of the Methodist Student Movement in Lincoln, Neb. Shown with the noted Negro Baptist integration leader are, from left: Dave Chapman of Arizona State University, Frank Mitchell of Dickinson College, and Daisy L. Capers of Florida A&M. Dr. King, 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner, called on the students and their campus religious leaders to become “involved participants in this great struggle” for social justice. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1A-65-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31984; 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-31984
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356008

Title: Breakfast in bed for Dr. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31930 BREAKFAST IN BED FOR DR. KING STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, relaxes in Stockholm, Sweden, and is served breakfast in bed by Christina Bernstrom, “Lucia Light Queen” at his hotel. The 18-year-old girl wears an ancient costume dating back to Viking times and a crown of lighted candles. Sweden’s Festival of St. Lucia traditionally opens Christmas celebrations across the nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12C-64-NBM)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31930; 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-31930
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356780

Title: Dr. King speaks at Episcopalian meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31724 DR. KING SPEAKS AT EPISCOPALIAN MEETING ST. LOUIS -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., just before being notified that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize, addressed a dinner meeting of the unofficial Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, held in connection with the 61st General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Welcoming the noted Negro integration leader are Bishop George Cadigan of Missouri (left) and the Rev. John Morris, executive director of ESCRU. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PEC-SL-10D-64-NBM)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31724; 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-31724
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356758

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.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
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., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
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: 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:7220

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: Martin Luther King at Berlin Wall.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31562 MARTIN LUTHER KING AT BERLIN WALL BERLIN -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on a visit to Berlin at the invitation of Mayor Willy Brandt, gazes along the Berlin Wall. He later went through the wall at Checkpoint Charlie. East German border guards stopped the prominent integration leader, who had forgotten his passport, but after a delay allowed him to enter the Communist-dominated sector. Dr. King opened West Berlin's cultural festival, a two-week event dedicated to the interdependence of races. He also spoke in East Berlin's historic downtown St. Mary's church and took part in Protestant functions in both sections of the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9C-64-NBM)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31562 ; 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-31562a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349589

Title: Dr. King meets with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32133 DR. KING MEETS WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is escorted by Vice President Humphrey to the White House for a meeting with President Johnson to discuss the Negro voter registration drive in Selma, Ala. After the conference, the noted Negro Baptist leader said the President “made it clear to me that he plans to offer legislation to Congress specifically on voting rights.” Dr. King, winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, spent five days in the Dallas County, Ala., jail. He was arrested on charges of parading without a police permit in Selma where he led demonstrations for Negro registrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2B-65-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32133; 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-32133
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356044

Title: White segregationist attacks Dr. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32069 WHITE SEGREGATIONIST ATTACKS DR. KING SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is confronted by a white segregationist outside the Dallas County Court House in Selma, Ala. The man later punched and kicked the noted Negro integration leader as he registered at a previously segregated hotel. The attacker was James Robinson, 26, of Birmingham, Ala., a member of the segregationist National States Rights Party. Police quickly seized Mr. Robinson and charged him with assault and disturbing the peace. Dr. King said later he was not hurt by the attack, suffering only a headache. The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading advocate of the non-violent movement against discrimination was in Selma to assist a voter registration drive. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32069; 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-32069
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356036

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31355 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER ON DEMONSTRATIONS NEW YORK--Negro leaders of four major civil rights groups called for a “broad curtailment” of mass demonstrations until after the Presidential election. Their appeal was issued following a meeting in New York. Shown around the conference table are from left, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Jack Greenberg, NAACP attorney; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; James Farmer, national director of CORE; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; and A. Philip Randolph, chairman of the Negro American Labor Council. Not all of the conference participants supported the appeal. Before the meeting, Dr. King conferred with Mayor Rober F. Wagner on ways to ease racial tensions and raise the economic status of Negroes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-7E-64-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; 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-31355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349598

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: Cecil Corbett speech at General Assembly, 1968.
Description: Cecil Corbett was a Nez Perce Presbyterian minister and church worker. A member of First Indian Presbyterian Church (Kamiah, Idaho), he served as president of Cook College and Theological School in Tempe, Arizona, as national agency staff liaison to Native American churches, and in retirement as an itinerant pastor. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.
Creator Name(s): Cook College and Theological School., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Date Created: 1968, 1968, 1968
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis), Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topical Subject(s): Indigenous Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Minnesota--Minneapolis--Hennepin
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 10-0929; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Cook College and Theological School audio-visual records, 1947-2001.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTA3MA==
Identifier (local): corbett1968
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:180807

Title: Edler Hawkins and Eugene Carson Blake press conference, 21 May 1964
Creator Name(s): Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977, Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Date Created: 1964, May 21, 1964, May 21, 1964
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1964-1965 : Hawkins)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
Physical Location: TAPE 502; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Press conference, 5/21/64 [sound recording]--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=181
Identifier (local): TAPE502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280934

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: Gayraud Wilmore address at Virginia Union University, 2005.
Description: WAV rip from CD.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (speaker)
Date Created: 2005
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects: Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): Wilmore2005
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339453

Title: The switching of robes and hoods
Description: Dr. Katie Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union-PSCE, delivers her inaugural address in which she speaks about ethical lessons learned from the true story of Ruby McCollum, whose trial Zora Neale Hurston covered for the Pittsburgh Courier in 1952 and 1953.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G.
Date Created: 2004, 2004, 2004
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives, Hurston, Zora Neale., McCollum, Ruby, 1909-1992.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., African American women authors.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United State--Virginia--Richmond--Richmond
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: The Switching Of Robes And Hoods--https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:144300/one
Identifier (local): C226-3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:177187

Title: Joe Scrivner oral history, 2022
Description: Joe Scrivner is Dean of Chapel at Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and pastor of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Creator Name(s): Scrivner, Joe (interviewee)
Date Created: 2022, October 28, 2022, October 28, 2022
Name Subject(s): Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Afrocentrism--Religious aspects--Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-1029; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Joe Scrivner oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA0MjA=&q
Identifier (local): Scrivner.mp4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:294115

Title: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history, 2023
Description: Interview of J. Herbert Nelson II, taken 13 January 2023, on his time at Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Creator Name(s): Nelson, J. Herbert II, 1959- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2023, January 13, 2023, January 13, 2023
Name Subject(s): Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Afrocentrism, Racism--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0107; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA0NjY=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0107_NelsonII
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309059

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