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Lucy Craft Laney and the Haines Institute

March 18, 2022

Lucy Craft Laney was many things. A college graduate, a loving daughter and sister, a fervent and faithful Presbyterian, an educator, a leader, and the headstrong founder of the Haines Institute—these are only some of the things that characterize the history and far-reaching influence of her life.

A Learned Adolescence: Lucy’s Childhood and Teenage Years

Lucy Craft Laney was born on April 13, 1854, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister who bought his and his wife’s freedom twenty years before the birth of their child. Theirs was a large...

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McKenna

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Womens History, African American History

Past PHS LIVE: Religious News Service Photographs

March 11, 2022

PHS holds over 60,000 Religious News Service photographs depicting domestic and international religious news between 1945 and 1982. Through a digitization pilot project funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities Reference and Resources grant, we added almost 500 RNS images to Pearl, the Society’s publicly accessible digital archives. Click here to see the images.

On March 10, PHS staff were joined by Religion News Service Photo Editor Kit Doyle to share about the Religious News...

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McKenna

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PHS Live, Religious News Service

Past PHS LIVE: A History of Black Protest in America

February 25, 2022

On February 24, Public Services Associate Sonia Prescott spoke with Reverend Jimmie Hawkins about his new book, Unbroken and Unbowed: A History of Black Protest in America.

As the Director of the Office of Public Witness, Jimmie Hawkins continues the Presbyterian tradition of advocating for a more just world through public policy. Prescott and Hawkins discussed topics relating to his book, including what compelled him to write about the history of Black protest in America, how Presbyterians have been involved in movements for racial equality, what the PC(USA) can do to...

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McKenna

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PHS Live, African American History

Past PHS LIVE: A Conversation with Elona Street-Stewart

February 18, 2022

On February 17, Executive Director Nancy J. Taylor was joined by PC(USA) Co-Moderator Elona Street-Stewart to discuss how the pandemic has impacted her service as co-moderator, how history informs the work of Street-Stewart and her fellow Co-Moderator Rev. Gregory J. Bentley, and what the church can do to lift up the voices and histories of American Indian members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Click the video below to watch the session.

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McKenna

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PHS Live