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The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 5), Jul-Aug 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Some forty-five professional church workers visited Holy Family Lutheran Church (ALC) last summer to hear Pastor Fred Downing speak of his ministry there. Describing his heavily populated north side Chicago neighborhood, he told of the tensions that might rupture into riot at any moment. He alluded to manifest resentment and hostility by black towards white. He spoke of increased evidence of "soul brother" signs in the windows of small Negro-owned businesses.

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 7), Nov 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Lutheran Human Relations Association of Chicago has prepared a set of fifteen theses urging human relations reforms within the Church in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the Reformation Nov. 5.

The theses address themselves largely to the problems the church of 1967 faces in ministering faithfully for its Lord. Their concern is subsumed under the theses' title, "Reform is the Proper Celebration of Reformation."

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Theology professors may be working side by side with inner city pastors this summer, according to a Wheat Ridge Foundation announcement.

The inner city program, proposed by LHRAA and financed by the Wheat Ridge organization, is scheduled to begin this summer and to be in full operation by the summer of 1968.

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 2), Mar 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

After Pastor Joseph Lavelais of Philadelphia had conducted opening devotions at the Conference on Church and Social Change at Chicago's Concord-O'Hare Inn, Chairman Wiederaenders presented for adoption an agenda which had been mailed to participants prior to the meeting.

A motion from the floor was adopted by a large majority that the printed agenda be set aside. Voices from the floor indicated an eagerness to discuss the church's commitment and participation in filling a meaningful role in the social problems of the day as they impinge upon the church and the communities it serves.

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 3), Apr-May 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Cleveland's Lutheran Pastors have set in motion a project aimed at finding a more effective way of ministering to that city's intense human relations problems. The scene of one of last year's worst riots, Cleveland has relatively little to show for changing the conditions that provided the setting for last summer's outbursts.

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 4), June 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Valparaiso University's 1967 Workshop in Human Relations for Professional Church Workers will feature Dr. Will Campbell. Dr. Campbell, who will speak to the Human Relations Institute on the Valparaiso campus three days earlier, will lecture to Workshop participants twice.

The theme of this year's Workshop is THE COMMUNICATING MINISTRY. Dr. Campbell's first presentation will be "Listening to Those to Whom We Intend to Communicate"; his second: "Balance of Words and Acts in Ministry. "

The program will also include theological and sociological studies; a field trip to Chicago with interviews with people in ministry there; and acquainting with resources, techniques, …

The Vanguard (Vol. 14, No. 6), Sep-Oct 1967, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

An LHRAA statement on racial tension was distributed to worshippers attending a Mission Fair at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, Sunday, October 1.

Held only a few days after riots raged in the streets of the west Chicago suburb, the Fair provided an opportunity for LHRAA's West Suburban Chapter to interpret the meaning of Christ's mission to Christians in the riot-torn area.

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 2), Mar 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Good Christian people often ask members of the staff of the Lutheran Human Relations Association of America, "What can we do? What can we do to become responsibly involved in the civil rights struggle?" There are many things that can and must be done. A plan that has been in the process of development for a number of years, is what LHRAA has called the Rural Summer Vacation Project. Children from the inner city, mostly from underprivileged homes-Indian American, Negro, Appalachian Mountain, et al-are taken into the homes of "host parents" for one or two weeks in rural, small-town, or …

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 8), Dec 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Dr. Oliver Harms, President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, has canceled a meeting originally called for December 8, in which he and his Vice-Presidents were to sit with "front-line" workers, to discuss problems attending the racial revolution as it affects the church. He made his announcement in a letter dated Nov. 16 and sent to all who had previously been invited to participate.

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 5), July 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Lutheran Church in America, meeting in convention June 21-29 in Kansas City, Missouri, passed two recommendations which commit that church body to a broader and more intensive ministry to the Indian American. The two recommendations were embodied in the convention report of the LCA's Board of American Missions, and grew out of a special study conducted for the Board by Miss Henrietta Lund, consultant to the United Nations for the National Lutheran Council. Miss Lund has done a number of comprehensive studies for the LCA and other Lutheran church bodies on various aspects of the Church's ministry to the …

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

21 students and instructors from the University of Pennsylvania helped local Negroes erect a $10,000 community center during Christmas vacation. The community center was considered an essential support for nine Negro families who are striking for decent wages, because it will provide a focus for an economic co-operative to sustain those who are opposing the current $3 per day wage scale paid to them for sunrise to sunset labor.

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 6), Aug-Sep 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

In November, 1964, The Lutheran Witness commented on the Nobel Prize awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There were those who immediately responded to the article, criticizing both Dr. King and the Witness for casting him in a favorable light.

It is to be expected that there will be some who take exception also to a statement made recently by the President of the American Lutheran Church, Dr. Fredrik A. Schiotz: "Many well-intentioned people have been critical of Dr. King, calling him a Communist. The time for indulging in this luxury is over. It is time for all who …

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 7), Oct-Nov 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

A second meeting has been called by Dr. Oliver Harms, President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, to discuss the racial revolution and the church . The Synod's vice presidents and a selected group of churchmen who are directly concerned with urban ministry will constitute the assembly, to convene in Chicago December 8th and 9th .

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 4), June 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The federal government is not the only agency which chooses to fight aggressively the destructive forces at work in the poverty pockets of our cities. In Kansas City, Faith Lutheran Church had long been serving the Northeast Neighborhood in its direct and straightforward way when, in July of 1965, the newly-created Office of Economic Opportunity decided, upon petition by the church, to devote a portion of its funds to this predominantly Negro, lower-income area of the city. The agreement which enabled this cooperation to take place stated that all clients would be served regardless of religious affiliation, and that all …

The Vanguard (Vol. 13, No. 3), Apr-May 1966, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

For years the vast majority of America's people have backed away from becoming involved in attempts to solve our country's racial problems. Perhaps one reason is the immense and complex nature of these problems. Perhaps they feel there is nothing really that an INDIVIDUAL can do about them.

The Lutheran Human Relations Association of America believes that MANY INDIVIDUALS working away at the problems - in many different places at the same time can achieve much. But it is necessary that there be no postponement. On the strength of such convictions, in cooperation with Valparaiso University, LHRAA has chosen to …

Man And Society In The Works Of Georges Duhamel, Sr. Mary R. Carter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Man and the circumstances influencing his activities have always interested Georges Duhamel. This concern developed from a profound desire to aid, to improve, and to cure the ills of mankind. Having become a physician, he was able to fulfill his wishes, particularly in his surgical experiences on the battle front where he treated thousands for all types of human miseries. [...] The aim of this study is to show the extent of Duhamel's understanding of the society of his time considering man as the active participant in its formation

Political Points - A Bulletin Of Opinion To Clarify And Organize Volume I, Number 4 July - August 1950, Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Political pamphlet written by Communist Part, 1st Congressional District [California]

Political Points - A Bulletin of Opinion To Clarify and Organize

Volume I, Number 4

July - August 1950

Santa Rosa, California

-Back To Those Elections

-Roosevelt-Douglas

-That Race for Congress

-People's World

-North Bay Labor Journal

-Iowa Union Farmers Union

Editor: Francis G. Fink

PO Box 664, Santa Rosa

PO Box 79, Sausalito

PO Box 707, Eureka

A People's Program - For Peace And Social Progress, Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet advertising aims of Communist Party, including a campaign for candidates Albert J. Lima, Anita Whitney, Earl Browder and James Ford:

Keep America out of War,

For Jobs, Security, And An American Standard of Living,

Protect Conditions and Rights of Labor,

Maintain and Extend Civil Rights,

Save the Family Farm and Roads of America

VOTE FOR: Albert J. Lima for Congress' Anita Whitney for U.S. Senate Earl Browder for President James Ford for Vice-President. A Vote for the Communist Party is a Vote for Peace,

Organize The Redwoods Through Labor's Non-Partisan League, Humboldt County 'Dollars For Democracy' Committee

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet from Labor's Non-Partisan League of Humboldt County advertising for benefit party, "Dollars for Democracy" at Eagle's Hall. To support the People's World a paper that fights for unity of all progressives.

Eureka Fisherman Need Better Docking Facilities, Communist Party Of The U.S.A.

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet campaigning for Albert J. (Mickie) Lima, Candidate for City Council (5th ward) that details poor working conditions of Eureka Fisherman and future improvements.

Also outlines their personal history and background, political plans for labor improvements, general improvements for Eureka and issue to stop monopoly corruption of city government.

Issued By: Eureka Branch, Communist Party of the U.S.A. Election Campaign Headquarters: 1404 Albee St. Eureka, CA.

Eureka Elections, Humboldt County Federated Trades And Labor Council

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Public notice on results of Eureka Elections as released by City Clerk's office. Comments on main issue of campaigns centered around Mad River water project. No visible author, possibly written by Humboldt County Federated Trades and Labor Council.

1st Congressional District - Special Election (1949), Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Politcal pamphlet written by Communist Party, 1st Congressional District [California] - advocating to "Vote for Schools and Old Age Pensions"

Editor: Francis G. Fink

PO Box 664, Santa Rosa

PO Box 79, Sausalito

PO Box 707, Eureka

1948 Election Platform Of The Communist Party, Communist Party Of California

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

1948 election platform for the Communist Party of the U.S.A. the outlines promises to wipe out fascism, ensure an economic bill of rights, fight attack on labor and living standard efforts, ensure civil rights, amongst other concerns.

Issued by: Communist Party of California

Room 701 942 Market Street San Francisco California EXbrook 2-2996

Voting Flyer For Eureka Communist Party, Eureka Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet urging citizens to vote on June 16, 1947 in order to revise and amend the present democratic city charter. Advertising to "Vote No on Proposed New City Charter"

Eureka Communist Party

PO Box 707

Eureka, CA

Renters Attention! Eureka Needs Rent Control, Renters' Committee For Rent Control

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Flyer advertising for meeting organized by Renters' Committee for Rent Control (Eureka, California) on Monday, August 26, 1946 to address the rent increases and looming evictions.

Office: Reverend Emerson Harris

Address: 1102 M. Street, Eureka, CA

Phone: 1689-W

Supported by Labor Union and Eureka Ministers.

Education For Negroes In New Orleans Prior To 1915, Marie Dejan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this story is to narrate the details of events covering the education of the Negro in New Orleans from the time of slavery to 1915. After the history of the private school movement, a comprehensive description of the origin of the public schools will be given.

A Threat To Free Elections, William Schneiderman

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Text of address given by William Schneiderman, State Secretary of Communist Party of California as given to the California State Legislature. Advocates for constitutional rights, exposes threats to free elections by corrupt government and ill-corporate interests and the power of unionized labor. Urges to vote on November 5.

Communist Party of California

121 Haight Street, San Francisco

Blackout Of Civil Liberties In Humboldt County?, Communist Party Of U.S.A.

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet discussing rollback of civil liberties and its impacts on the Communist Party and its affiliations. Includes list of open forums and current events through early 1940.

Address: 501 W. Wabash 8 PM

Eureka Branch, Communist Party, U.S.A.

Voting Flyer From Labor's Non-Partisan League Of Humboldt County, Califorinia, Labor's Non-Partisan League Of Humboldt County

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Voting flyer from Labor's Non-Partisan League of Humboldt County [Vol 1, No. 4] - on state league recommendations for November 7. Advertisement to attend benefit dance and clam chowder supper at Worker's Alliance Hall.

A Program For The People - Election Day - Communist Party Of The U.S.A., Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet outlining a "Program for the People", including plan for parents in Eureka - disseminated on (Election Day) June 19, 1939. Suggestions are welcomed to Election Campaign Headquarters, 1404 Albee Street.