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Size | 2 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | The papers of white minister Clarence Prentice Parker (1883-1973) of Kentucky document Parker's social justice work and interests, political concerns, and his ministerial services in Episcopal churches in Chicago, Ill., West Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina. The collection contains scattered correspondence with colleagues, family, and friends, printed items chiefly from organizations he supported, financial materials, and newspaper clippings. Organizations and churches represented in the collection include the Civil Rights Congress of Illinois, St. Mark's Church in Chicago, Christ Episcopal Church in Fairmont, W. Va., Southern Conference Educational Fund, Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, N.C., North Carolina Council on Human Relations, American Friends Service Committee, American Civil Liberties Union, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Social justice causes and political concerns reflected in the materials include racism, racial violence, civil rights for African Americans, labor unions, anti-Semitism, public housing, voting rights, fascism, and communism. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection. |
Creator | Parker, Clarence Prentice. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
This summary description was created in October 2017 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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