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:

Debate Between Malcolm X and Ralph Allen Regarding Black Separation or Integration

Speaker(s): Malcolm X, Ralph Allen

Description: In May of 1961, Brown University invited Malcolm X (1925-1965), a Muslim minister, to discuss and debate with Ralph Allen (1942-2005), a Field Supervisor for the Rhode Island Commission Against Discrimination and a member of the NAACP. This program was sponsored by the Brown Daily Herald. Each speaker had 50 minutes to state positions, followed by a question-and-answer period. Audio quality begins quite good, but get distorted as it goes on. There is also an unexplained break at one-hour 36 minutes, perhaps an audiotape tape changeover.

Length: 1:53:15
Recording Date: May 11, 1961
Recorded at: Sayles Hall, Brown University, Providence RI