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African American Leaders: William Lloyd Imes

January 11, 2023

Each month, the Presbyterian Historical Society is bearing witness to the lives of African American leaders throughout the history of the PC(USA). Click here to learn how PHS is collecting records of the Black Presbyterian experience through the African American Leaders and Congregations Initiative.

Additionally, a free bulletin insert about each figure is available for download at the end of each...

Author: 
David S
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African American History, African American Leaders Series
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Now Processed: Howard Rice Papers

January 10, 2023

“I cannot separate my confession of faith from my politics and have either faith or politics be meaningful. I cannot sit by comfortably and let my brothers starve whether they be low-paid laborers in this country or peasants in India.” The statement of faith written by a McCormick Seminary student in 1955 would guide the future moderator throughout his career.

The minister, theologian, and activist Howard Leland Rice was moderator of the 191st General Assembly of the UPCUSA. His personal records are now processed, in...

Author: 
David S
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News and Events, General Assembly, Archival Processing, Collections
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AALC Collecting Update

December 15, 2022

We’re excited to share this year’s progress in our efforts to document and lift up the work and witness of Black Presbyterians through the African American Leaders and Congregations Collecting Initiative.

Over the summer, we partnered with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New...

Author: 
David S
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African American History, Collections
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Our Work in the Archives, Third Quarter 2022

November 15, 2022

Let's look back at what your archivists did during the summer!

Nick processed 19 feet of the papers of Cecil Corbett / Speaking Eagle, a Nez Percé Presbyterian minister and educator, long-serving director of the Cook College and Theological School, and coordinator of Native American ministries in the PC(USA). Also newly processed are the records of the PC(USA)...

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David S
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Quarterly Reports
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Remembering Vera Swann

November 11, 2022

Vera Swann, a Presbyterian mission worker and educator whose family helped secure an end to segregated public education, died on November 10. She was 91.

She was born Vera Pearl Poe, April 11, 1931 in Cheraw, South Carolina, one of three sisters, and grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church. Vera was educated at the Presbyterian Coulter Academy, and at Johnson C. Smith University, where she met Darius Leander Swann.

The couple were married in 1952 and began work as...

Author: 
David S
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African American History, News and Events
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