- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- Our Prayer for Christian Action
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1957
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Westover Hills Presbyterian Church prayer for easing of integration tensions in Little Rock.
Integration -- Little Rock Central High School -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Religion -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
\:·-:..,. OUR PRAYER' FOR CHRISTIAN ACTION The local e~s to integrate our Central High School, in compliance wfth a Federal ruling, have resulted in an un· usual state of tension in o'ur community. As Christian laymen who believe we should try to live by the precepts of Him who is our Lord, we wish to state publicly our opposition to violence. We also deplore the unbridled passions aroused by such mob action as now prevails in our city. Therefore we, members of the Session of Westover Hills Presbyterian · Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, reaffirm our Christian convictions and we pray: 1. That Christ's will may he clear to each and all of us in these times of conflict. 'c 2. That our community may abide by Christian principles and 7peacefully, by legal a,nd judicial means, accept or reject '•} racial desegregation. ·,,,., 3. That our law enforcement agencies provide protection for all of our citizens, regardless of race, and that they prompt• ly disperse any mobs. We feel that this is essential to prevent violence. 4. That every civic' and church organization give urgent and prayerful consideration to the current threat to the peace of this community. We further pray that they immediately give public expression to their convictions. In this way, we feel that the true desire of this community may be evident to all of us and to the world. We ask this, feeling certain that ' most of the citizens of our community desire only peace and that they abhor violence. Signed: Joseph A. Norton LaRue Bowker E. B. Madden Donald Ogden Fred J. Gray, Jr, Leslie Grady Gordon N. Wilson R. A. Tilden Joel H. Spragins W. T. Hatley L. Prentice Booe R. E. Woodmansee James W. Littleton L. Lamar Armstrong Paul E. Poe Source: Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/1542
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:1542/manifest.json
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
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