First Declaration Statement By UBCL For General Convention, 1967

Description

The emerging black power movement in the Church is well illustrated by the declaration prepared for the 1967 General Convention included in the Ad Hoc Clergy Committee publication, What is Happening to the Negro in the Protestant Episcopal Church?. Addressed to the national church leadership, it points out the exclusion of African Americans from positions of authority within the Church and demands address of these issues.

Source

Records of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity

Date

1967

Rights

©The Archives of the Episcopal Church, DFMS

Type

Text

Collection

Citation

“First Declaration Statement By UBCL For General Convention, 1967,” The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice, accessed March 28, 2024, https://episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/items/show/191.