This series contains materials relating to student activism, specifically at Union and Columbia surrounding Vietnam, student responses to the Black Manifesto, bail funds for incarcerated members of the Black Panther Party, President John C. Bennett's involvement with campus activism, as well as non-Columbia related materials on political mobilization on a global scale. Other UTS-related materials include runs of the student publication, Plastic Bag and Mini Bag (including issues from 1970, heretofore not included in the Burke's archive), Union Commission materials, memoranda and administrative press releases to the campus community in light of direct actions on campus. This series also includes Langston's personal and academic writings, readings, and writings by peers and mentors, all collected as part of Langston's coursework at Union. Finally, this series also includes photographs taken during Langston's time at Union, including a rally to free the Panther 21, and street shots of the Morningside Heights neighborhood.
This series is arranged roughly chronologically.
Box 1 Folder 1
May 1968 Protest and Strike Planning, 1968
Box 1 Folder 2
A Message to Alumni, Parents and Other Friends of Columbia, 1968
Box 1 Folder 3
Draft Statement on Black Panthers, 1968
Box 1 Folder 4
UTS and the Matter of Bail Fund or Panther Party Members, 1968
Box 1 Folder 5
Service of Gratitude and Repentance in Memory of MLK, Jr., 1968
Box 1 Folder 6
Generation Gap – Issue or Illusion, 1968
Box 1 Folder 7
Vietnam Moratorium (Note), 1969
Box 1 Folder 8
Press Statement on Cambodia and Southeast Asia by Four Prominent Churchmen, 1969
Box 1 Folder 9
Franz Schurmann March on Washington Notes – Imperialism in the Pacific, 1969
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1969
Box 1 Folder 11
UTS Goals for Seminary Working Group, 1968
Box 1 Folder 12
UTS Correspondence – Model Cities Program, 1968
Box 1 Folder 13
Student Statements Re: Black Manifesto, 1969
Box 1 Folder 14
New Seminary Movement, 1969
Box 1 Folder 15
Union Commission Meetings and Notes, 1968 -- 1970
Box 1 Folder 16
Union Commission – Plenary and Standing Committee Meetings, 1968 -- 1969
Box 1 Folder 17-18
Union Commission Meetings and Working Documents, 1966 -- 1969
Box 1 Folder 19
[Christianity] and Tragedy [handwritten course notes], 1968
Box 1 Folder 20
White Racism Project, 1969
Box 1 Folder 21
John C. Bennett – Law, Order and Change, 1969
Box 1 Folder 22
Plenary – National Faith and Order Colloquium, 1968
Box 1 Folder 23
Cobb – Working Paper and Rap (F&O Colloquium), 1969
Box 1 Folder 24
The Politics of Revolution [Research], 1969
Box 1 Folder 25
Black Manifesto to the White Christian Churches and Jewish Synagogues in the USA and All Other Racist Institutions, 1969
Box 1 Folder 26
Reading – Apocalypse (Walter Wink), 1969
Box 1 Folder 27
UTS Orientation, 1969
Box 1 Folder 28
David Banks – The Seminary's Role in Vietnam, 1969
Box 1 Folder 29
Plastic Bag (student publication), 1968 -- 1969
Box 1 Folder 30
Plastic Bag (student publication – includes note circa 2000s), 1969 -- 1970
Box 1 Folder 31
Blood of the Lamb (Garrett TS newsletter), 1969 -- 1970
Box 2 Folder 1
Mini Bag (student publication), 1969 -- 1976
Box 2 Folder 2
Political Mobilization Materials, 1969 -- 1970
Box 2 Folder 3
Moratorium Policy re Radical Discipleship Manifesto, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 4
[Personal Writing] On Institutions 2, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 5
[Personal Writing] Here I Stand, or Revisiting the Institute, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 6
Murph the Surf Script, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 7
UTS Coursework on Myth and Others, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 8
A Day, a Class in the Park (John Moulton), circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 9
Student Publications, circa 1969
Box 2 Folder 10
Discussion on Theological Education / Theses on T.E. and Social Responsibility (C. Richardson), 1970
Box 2 Folder 11
Langston/Slade – Theology and Education in an Educational Locus, 1970
Box 2 Folder 12
An Appeal to the People of NY Not to Bank at First National and Chase Manhattan re South African Apartheid, 1970
Box 2 Folder 13
The Bread is Rising! Share the Bread! – A Consultation on Celebration of Religious Radicals [Quaker Retreat Center], 1970
Box 2 Folder 14
Theological Issues Raised by President Bennett's Letter to the Seminary Community of March 16, 1970, 1970
Box 2 Folder 15
Notes on Empire, 1970
Box 2 Folder 16
UTS Lectures and Reflections on 'Doing Theology', 1970
Box 2 Folder 17
Dulles Paper – Authority and Diversity in the Christian Community, 1970
Box 2 Folder 18
Discussion Document – Up to Our Steeple in Politics, 1970
Box 2 Folder 19
Script for Worship Service, 1970
Box 2 Folder 20
Philosophy of Religion Final Examination, 1970
Box 2 Folder 21
Original Copy – The Student Movement at Union Theological Seminary, 1971
Box 2 Folder 22
Notes on Tillich (re Anthropology/Theology), circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 23
Writing Excerpt, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 24
Undated Academic Writing and B.D. Thesis Draft, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 25
The Anthropology of Marxist Thought, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 26
Seek the Welfare of the City – A Word to Fellow Christian 'Rebels' in South Africa and to their Opponents, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 27
Notes on Empire, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 28
Commentary on Moltmann's Theology of Hope, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 29
On Political Editing, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 30
Photographs – Core Group Members and Panther 21 Actions, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 31
Postcard – Paulie, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 32
[Personal Writing – The Church in the World excerpt, circa 1968 -- 1971
Box 2 Folder 33
B.D. Thesis Proposal [Draft], 1970