Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Chicago in second school boycott.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30654 CHICAGO IN SECOND SCHOOL BOYCOTT CHICAGO -- The study hall at integrated Tilden High School seemed almost empty as Chicago had its second one-day boycott of schools called by Negro civil rights groups to protest "de facto" segregation. More than 100 "freedom schools" were held, many of them in churches, for Negro students participating in the boycott. Teachers were volunteer college students and others qualified. The Chicago public school system has about 470,000 pupils, approximately 50 percent Negro. Absent from school on boycott day were some 172,350 children, according to the city's Board of Education. In the first boycott, Oct. 22, about 224,770 were reported out of classes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Samuel J. Tilden High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Boycotts--Illinois--Chicago., lcsh--Racial justice in education--Illinois--Chicago., Student movements--Illinois--Chicago., African American students--Illinois--Chicago., Students--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353858
Title:
A study in non-study.
Creator:
Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Samuel J. Tilden High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Boycotts--Illinois--Chicago., lcsh--Racial justice in education--Illinois--Chicago., Student movements--Illinois--Chicago., African American students--Illinois--Chicago., Students--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353525

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