Presbyterian Mission Agency civil rights act of 1964 Archives

‘The Great Dissenter,’ Justice John Marshall Harlan, was a longtime ruling elder at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.

Posted September 26th, 2022

Justice John Marshall Harlan, known as “The Great Dissenter,” wrote memorable U.S. Supreme Court minority opinions that today are in the mainstream of American jurisprudence as well as public opinion, especially on racial equity — despite being a slaveholder who opposed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Fighting for the Equality Act called ‘an issue of faith’

Posted June 30th, 2021

Presbyterians and other people of faith are being called upon to support the passage of the Equality Act to thwart discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Congressman shaped by civil rights movement talks faith and politics

Posted December 12th, 2019

As a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill decades before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, David Price saw racial barriers begin to fall as a result of the civil rights movement.

Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan S. Williams interviewed on ‘Red Table Talk’

Posted October 9th, 2019

After spending 60 years as a man, Paul Williams came out to his family as transgender, becoming Paula. The married father of three was a prominent evangelical pastor before transitioning and recognized that transitioning would not be an easy process, personally or professionally. Nonetheless, “I’d been called [to transition], and you reject a call at your own peril,” Paula said.