When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April of 1968, the Black theological students at Colgate Rochester Divinity School requested a program and professorship in Black Church Studies as a memorial to what King represented as a pastor and leader of the Black Church. After a forced close-down of the school by the Black students and a series of fundraising efforts, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Professorship in Black Church Studies was established. This position was filled by Henry H. Mitchell (clergyman, educator, author and at that time pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Santa Monica, CA) on July 1, 1969 and the program of Black Church Studies at CRDS/BH/CTS was launched in September 1969. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows project began as the result of an idea given to Dr. Mitchell for a research and writing project for the purpose of developing literature, curriculum, and bibliographical materials in the area of Black Church practice. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
Jun 12, 2019

Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection

When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April of 1968, the Black theological students at Colgate Rochester Divinity School requested a program and professorship in Black Church Studies as a memorial to what King represented as a pastor and leader of the Black Church. After a forced close-down of the school by the Black students and a series of fundraising efforts, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Professorship in Black Church Studies was established. This position was filled by Henry H. Mitchell (clergyman, educator, author and at that time pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Santa Monica, CA) on July 1, 1969 and the program of Black Church Studies at CRDS/BH/CTS was launched in September 1969. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows project began as the result of an idea given to Dr. Mitchell for a research and writing project for the purpose of developing literature, curriculum, and bibliographical materials in the area of Black Church practice.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
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Three young women stand next to each other in a line. Two are carrying food in plates on their heads.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Young Women With Fruit, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
Three young women stand next to each other in a line. Two are carrying food in plates on their heads.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
A young woman holds a horse hair fly swatter.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Young Woman with a Horse Hair Fly Swatter, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
A young woman holds a horse hair fly swatter.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Theatre and dance
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
A young man uses bellows to blow into a fire while reading the newspaper.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Young Man Uses Bellows to Blow Fire, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
A young man uses bellows to blow into a fire while reading the newspaper.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
A young man stitches white cloth onto a hammock.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Young Man Stitching a Hammock, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
A young man stitches white cloth onto a hammock.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
A young man kneels in front of a cloth on a long bench.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Young Man Kneeling by Bench, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
A young man kneels in front of a cloth on a long bench.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Yoruba Religion, July 4, 1974
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Yoruba Religion, July 4, 1974
Date Created
1974-07-04
Author
Abimbola, Wande, Olabimtan, Afolabi
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Theology--Study and teaching, African Americans--Education, African American scholars
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Yoruba Culture, circa 1971
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Yoruba Culture, circa 1971
Date Created
1970/1974
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Theology--Study and teaching, African Americans--Education, African American scholars
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
An exterior view of the Yakubu Gowon Library.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Yakubu Gowon Library, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
An exterior view of the Yakubu Gowon Library.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women in a courtyard stand in line to see an important man wearing an Agbada.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women in Line for a Priest, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
Women in a courtyard stand in line to see an important man wearing an Agbada.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women carry baskets on their heads while walking on the side of the road.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women Carrying Baskets on Their Heads, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
Women carry baskets on their heads while walking on the side of the road.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women and children look down from a ledge.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Women and Children on a Ledge, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
Women and children look down from a ledge.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
An unidentified old woman sings in an unknown building.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Woman Singing, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
An unidentified old woman sings in an unknown building.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Theatre and dance
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
An unidentified woman performs a dance with drums.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Woman Performing with Drums, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
An unidentified woman performs a dance with drums.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Theatre and dance, Musicians
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
People gather in a living room with a woman in the entryway looking towards the camera.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Woman in an Entry Way, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
People gather in a living room with a woman in the entryway looking towards the camera.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
An elderly woman dances topless in ritual while a crowd looks on.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Woman Dancing Topless, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
An elderly woman dances topless in ritual while a crowd looks on.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Theatre and dance
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
An unidentified woman and a young girl smile while carrying purses and packages.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Woman and Child Carrying Packages, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
An unidentified woman and a young girl smile while carrying purses and packages.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Children
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Witnessing to the Peculiar, March 24, 1972
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Witnessing to the Peculiar, March 24, 1972
Date Created
1972-03-24
Author
Mitchell, Henry
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Theology--Study and teaching, African Americans--Education, African American scholars
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
W.E.B. DuBois Autobiography, part 2, circa 1972
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
W.E.B. DuBois Autobiography, part 2, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Theology--Study and teaching, African Americans--Education, African American scholars
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
W.E.B. DuBois Autobiography, part 1, circa 1972
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
W.E.B. DuBois Autobiography, part 1, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Theology--Study and teaching, African Americans--Education, African American scholars
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
People walk down a hillside into a village. The houses are made of clay with sheet metal roofing.
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection
Walking Down Hillside, circa 1972
Date Created
1970/1974
Description
People walk down a hillside into a village. The houses are made of clay with sheet metal roofing.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Martin Luther King Fellows In Black Religious Studies, Inc. Collection