Presbyterians and the Struggle for Civil Rights
In 2013, the nation and the global community will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington. The story of how Presbyterians participated in the struggle for civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s is an important part of our history that continues to shape the Presbyterian etho...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2012, Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-16 |
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| Summary: | In 2013, the nation and the global community will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington. The story of how Presbyterians participated in the struggle for civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s is an important part of our history that continues to shape the Presbyterian ethos to this day. Many Presbyterians saw the civil rights movement as a theological and civic mandate, yet opinions were divided. In congregations, presbyteries, synods, and the General Assembly, as well as through ecumenical organizations like the National Council of the Churches of Christ, the struggle for civil rights was truly waged locally, regionally, and nationally. Some Presbyterians, like Stated Clerk Eugene Carson Blake, were highly visible throughout the movement. Other Presbyterians, like William Watkins or J. Metz Rollins, though less visible, were no less effective. Presbyterian Life chronicled part of the story of the American Presbyterian experience during the civil rights movement, but for each of those who attained visibility in the movement there were thousands of unnamed Presbyterians who participated in the struggle and whose stories go untold. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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