Voices of Faith at Work in the World

About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.

This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
 

This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

Andrew J. Young speaks at the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta

Speaker(s): Rev. Andrew Young

Description: This address was made to "The Hungry Club Forum" in Atlanta, Georgia. Note: This recording is from a radio broadcast provided by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The open of this program is a short audio segment from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Andrew J. Young (1932-) speaks after his first year in Congress, addressing the Hungry Club Forum at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia. Andrew Young is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.

Length: 29:16
Recording Date: January 16, 1974
Recorded at: The Hungry Club Forum at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia.