Presbyterian Mission Agency 1965 voting rights act Archives

Presbyterian pastor explores a Freedom Summer spent with giants including Fannie Lou Hamer and Amzie Moore

Posted August 6th, 2024

The biggest event at Shaw, Mississippi, I was able to just catch a glimpse of during Freedom Summer in 1964 was the integration of Shaw’s storefront library.

‘We have nothing to lose but our chains’

Posted July 20th, 2021

Singing freedom songs and fighting for voting rights and a living wage on Monday, women from around the country converged on Washington, D.C., for a march and season of action by the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and its supporters.

Women’s Moral Monday March on Washington set for July 19

Posted July 16th, 2021

At least 100 women will gather in the nation’s capital at 11 a.m. Eastern Time July 19 for the Women’s Moral Monday March on Washington to fight for democracy, voting rights and a living wage.

Troubling images: White supremacists carried Christian symbols during last week’s Capitol insurrection

Posted January 15th, 2021

As people began to see all of the Christian imagery present during the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, they began to ask questions similar to the ones asked after 9/11. “Who are these people?” “Why do they want to destroy our country?”

Did you know there’s probably a lot you don’t know about voting?

Posted October 21st, 2020

To many United States citizens, voting has been a fairly easy proposition. They take some time on Election Day to go to a polling place near their home, maybe stand in line for a while, cast their vote and get a sticker.

Congressman remembers Rep. John Lewis in talk with PC(USA) Washington office

Posted August 7th, 2020

Congressman David Price (D-North Carolina) entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987, the same year as another Southern Congressman, Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia).