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Colbert Scott CARTWRIGHT (1924, Kansas - 1996, Texas)
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| |--------Elisha SCOTT (1822, Indiana - 1862, Iowa)
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| |---------Elisha Challen SCOTT (1861, Iowa - 1927, Iowa)
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| | |--------Ruth MATTHEWS (1831, Indiana - 1917, Iowa)
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|------Inez Helene SCOTT (1889, Iowa - 1953, Missouri)
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|---------Josepha Dolly DUNSHEE (1856, Ohio - 1903, Iowa)
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The following passages are extracted from a four page autobiography
that Colbert wrote, dated February 26, 1996.
Colbert's father was pastor of the church in Coffeyville at the time of his
birth. The family lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee from
1928 to 1940. In 1940 they moved to St.
Louis.
Colbert ``Bert'' graduated from Washington University in St. Louis
with a bachelor of arts degree in 1946.
He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
and Phi Sigma Iota honorary societies at that school.
He received from Yale University Divinity School the bachelor of divinity
degree in 1948 and the master of sacred theology degree in 1950.
Texas Christian University of Fort Worth, Texas, conferred an honorary
doctor of divinity degree upon him in 1976.
Cartwright served as a pastor to the following congregations: First
Christian Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1950--1953; Pulaski Heights
Christian Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1954--1963; Central Christian
Church, Youngstown, Ohio, 1964--1970; South Hills Christian Church,
Fort Worth, Texas, 1971--1979. He served as area minister for the
Trinity-Brazos Area of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in
the Southwest, with offices in Fort Worth, from 1979 until his
retirement in 1989.
Colbert throughout his residence in Little Rock became identified
with racial issues which to his mind sought better human relations. On
the Sunday following the historic Brown v. Board of Education US
Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, he preached a sermon urging
compliance. An extended excerpt of that sermon was printed in the
Arkansas Gazette, thus putting Cartwright on public record in support
of the desegregation of public schools.
As a response to the landmark Supreme Court decision, Cartwright in
1955 joined with other interested persons in forming the Arkansas
Council on Human Relations with an office and full-time executive in
Little Rock. He served on its board throughout his residence in Little
Rock and was its president in 1956 and 1957.
Cartwright chaired the committee to unite separate black and white
ministerial associations into the Little Rock Ministerial Association
(Interdenominational) and served as its president in 1962.
Throughout his years of residence in Little Rock Cartwright reflected
and reported on racial issues through his writing for publications.
In September 1957 he became an accredited writer in Little Rock for
his denominational magazine and for several months became a part of
the working press -- even as he continued his pastoral
responsibilities. His articles in such publications as The
Christian Century, Christianity and Crisis, Progressive, New South
and The Reporter, were widely read and reprinted.
Cartwright was the pastor of all-white Pulaski Heights Christian
Church which was known both within the city and within its
denomination for its ``liberal'' heritage. In late autumn of 1957, 31
of its 310 members left the church in protest against their minister's
words from the pulpit and actions within the city relating to school
desegregation. The church's official board thereupon extended to
Cartwright a unanimous vote of confidence and the church proceeded on
an extensive renovation program of its building. The stained glass
windows of the new sanctuary were given anonymously in appreciation of
``the courage and conviction'' of Cartwright.
Within his church denomination, the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ), Cartwright served as chair of the Division of Overseas
Ministries, participated on the executive committee of its Council on
Christian Unity, and served on the worship commission of the
Consultation on Church Union.
In addition to numerous articles appearing in some 40 publications,
Cartwright is the author of six books. Two of his books, People
of the Chalice: Disciples of Christ in Faith and Practice (1987) and
Candles of Grace: Disciples Worship in Perspective (1992) relate
to Disciples Heritage. He also served as a member of the Disciples
Hymnal Development Committee which produced The Chalice Hymnal
(1995). Within that committee he chaired the sub-committee
responsible for its language, theology, and worship. Cartwright also
wrote widely in the US and England on the life and artistry of pop
rock star Bob Dylan. His book The Bible in the Lyrics of Bob
Dylan (Revised) was published in England in 1992.
Cartwright's papers relating to Little Rock are preserved on microfilm
at the library of the University of Arkansas, Fayeteville, AR. Many
of his writings are deposited at the Disciples Historical Society,
Nashville, TN. His Bob Dylan materials have been donated to the
library of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
Colbert also apparently went by the name Bert, according to how his books are catalogued at Bowling Green's library.
Read about him and his materials at the Univ. of Arkansas at:
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