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 march leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34662 CHICAGO MARCH LEADERS CHICAGO -- Leaders of the civil rights marches protesting housing discrimination in Chicago discuss future strategy with their followers. Albert Raby, heading the effort, announces that plans to march in suburban Cicero have been postponed. With him are other Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials -- the Rev. James Bevel (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Raby, Al, 1933-1988., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358347
Title:
American Nazis active in Chicago riot.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34652 AMERICAN NAZIS ACTIVE IN CHICAGO RIOT CHICAGO -- Roving bands of angry whites carried signs distributed by members of the American Nazi Party in continuing protests against civil rights marches in Chicago. About 2,000 white people, largely teenagers, gathered in the southwest Chicago area as three civil rights marches took place in other neighborhoods. Several of the whites, who had been throwing rocks, bottles and firecrackers at Negro motorists, were arrested in clashes with police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358346
Title:
Urge extreme action.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34626 URGE EXTREME ACTION CHICAGO -- Among the thousands of whites who stoned and jeered civil rights marchers in Chicago during July and August, 1966, were some who urged extreme action. Members of the National States’ Rights Party and the American Nazi Party were active participants in the anti-March protests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8A-66-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party., National States Rights Party (U.S.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358345
Title:
Rights leaders pushed off road.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34393 RIGHTS LEADERS PUSHED OFF ROAD HERNANDO, Miss. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negro civil rights leaders, are pushed off the road at they resume a voters march begun by James Meredith. Later they continued their walk, marching single file along the highway’s shoulder. Mr. Meredith was short from ambush by a white man as he was marching from Memphis, Tenn., to Jackson, capital of Mississippi, in an effort to encourage Negro voting in the state’s primary election. Religious leaders were quick to condemn the shooting and called for greater efforts in behalf of Negro voting rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-6B-66-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hernando., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hernando., Voter registration--Mississippi., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., African American clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., Police--Mississippi--Hernando.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Hernando (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358344
Title:
Pope marks Polish Christian millennium, 1966.
Description:
Vatican City -- Amid the grandeur of St. Peter's Basilica's main alter, Pope Paul VI addresses a huge congregation at a Mass marking the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Poland. Thousands of Polish pilgrims from various parts of the world were gathered in the basilica, along with many church and other dignitaries. Pope Paul criticized as "not justified" the Polish government's refusal to permit a papal visit to millennium observances.
Creator:
United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
1897-1978., VI, Paul, Pope, Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christianity--Poland., Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Vatican City., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139020
Title:
Delta Ministry posters.
Description:
Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7369
Title:
Mississippi residents vote.
Description:
Mississippi Delta residents await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry. | Text transcribed from original caption: Mississippi Delta Negroes await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry.
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Voter registration--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Mississippi.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7163
Title:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. struck by a rock.
Description:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.
Creator:
United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7010

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