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:

The 1968 Black Power Conference, Program 2

Speaker(s): Nathan Wright, Del Shields (host)

Description: This program is a review of the 3rd annual Black Power Conference, just completed in Philadelphia. The guest, Rev. Dr. Nathan Wright, Jr. (1923-2005) was the creator of the conference. He was an Episcopal minister, a scholar, and WWII Army veteran who was an early and prominent advocate of Black Power. He was the author of 18 books. The conferences he fostered called for the creation of black national holidays, black universities and a "buy black" effort. It advocated looking into the possibility of dividing the Untied States into two countries, one black and one white. Wright says this conference, with 4,000 in attendance, was diverse in the participation of groups, including church, political, and black constituencies. He felt the concept of Black Power was evolving and maturing.

Length: 58:16
Recording Date: September 2, 1968
Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City