Tyrone Pitts/National Council of Churches Papers 1951-1989 1980-1989

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Tyrone Pitts/National Council of Churches Papers 1951-1989 1980-1989

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The Tyrone Pitts/NCC Papers are devoted primarily to the work of Tyrone Pitts as the NCC's Director for Racial Justice. This position was in the NCC's Division of Church and Society which was headed by Kenyon Burke. Pitts' role in the Racial Justice Working Group and the Ecumenical Minority Bail Bond Fund are particularly well documented.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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National Interreligious Commission on Civil Rights.

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An ordained minister of the American Baptist Church, Pitts was the Director for Racial Justice at the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) from 1980 to 1989. The NCC, founded in 1950, is an ecumenical organization made up of member communions, including Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican Church bodies. Through its programs the NCC work encompasses a wide range of activities that further Christian unity, promote social justice and serve people thr...

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Burke, Kenyon C.

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Council on Interracial Books for Children

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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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