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Title: Arrest of Eugene Carson Blake, 1963.
Description: On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Date Created: 1963, 1963, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects: North America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: MOTION PICTURE A8, NEG A89; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Arrest of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake] [motion picture].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1639
Identifier (local): A89_ec_blake
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146310

Title: In memoriam: a demonstration for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30299 IN MEMORIAM: A DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ST. LOUIS -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish agencies joined in St. Louis in a demonstration for civil rights which was dedicated as a memorial to the late President Kennedy. Quiet, prayerful, the demonstration saw 35,000 people take part in a walk through the city’s main streets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, November 24, 1963, November 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Missouri--St. Louis.
Geographic subjects: United States., Missouri, St. Louis., St. Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30299; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30299
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352982

Title: Banner proclaims religious support for march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29804 BANNER PROCLAIMS RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious participation the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom exceeded all expectation. In addition to many banners and signs designating specific religious groups, many churchmen and women marched as Protestants, Catholics and Jews, united in their support of full equality for all American citizens. More than half of the identifying signs in the March were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29804; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29804
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7390

Title: Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29813; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29813
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358124

Title: Heads together.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #61450 HEADS TOGETHER…BIRMINGHAM The “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement get their heads together here just before releasing their statement that accord had been reached on their grievances. L-R: Martin Luther King, Jr; Fred Shuttleworth; Ralph Abernathy 5-10-63
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 10, 1963, May 10, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham., African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 61450; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_61450
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358338

Title: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Description: The March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. Man farthest from the left, front row, is Jon Regier, head of the Division of Christian Life and Mission [of the National Council of Churches of Christ], a key NCC official supporting all civil rights actions of the Council.
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Regier, Jon L., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.
Identifier (local): ds3156
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7066

Title: Now advances someday.
Description: [Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene Carson Blake, and others bow their heads in prayer during the March on Washington. From Presbyterian Life, Oct 1, 1963, p. 9].
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds3213
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7327

Title: March leaders confer with president.
Description: The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29807; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3219
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:12190

Title: Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
Description: Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
Creator Name(s): Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
Date Created: 1963, June 3, 1963, June 3, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_morrison_jfk_1963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345260

Title: Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
Description: Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator Name(s): Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
Date Created: 1963, July 30, 1963, July 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_blake_kilgore
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345245

Title: Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
Description: Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator Name(s): Grosvenor, John H. (author)
Date Created: 1963, July 24, 1963, July 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_pby_washington_city_march_1963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345262

Title: UPCUSA Civil Rights demonstration.
Description: New York--A peaceful pre-Independence Day demonstration for racial equality was held by some 500 clergymen and members of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The placard-carrying demonstrators marched for 45 minutes in a City Hall Plaza area, then heard addresses by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, center, and Dr. W. Eugene Houston, left, a Harlem pastor who heads the presbytery's new commission on religion and race. The Mayor called for enactment of President Kennedy's civil rights proposals and pledged continuing efforts toward greater racial equality in New York City. Dr. Houston warned against the city "dragging its feet"on integration and called for acceleration of school desegregation.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand),, 1910-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century., Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York, 20th century., 20th century., New York (State), New York, 20th century., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29568; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3095
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6993

Title: Just before end of hunger strike.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, November 15, 1963, November 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chapman, Paul Kingsley., Stagg, Paul L.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--North Carolina--Williamston., Jails--North Carolina--Williamston.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Williamston., United States., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., Williamston (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Martin--Williamston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30225; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30225_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352630

Title: Clergymen's fast integrates a jail.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30225 CLERGYMEN’S FAST INTEGRATES A JAIL WILLIAMSTON, N.C. -- Hunger strike behind bars by two Northern ministers succeeded in integrating the facilities of the Martin County Jail at Williamston, N.C. The Rev. Paul Chapman of Boston, left, and the Rev. Paul Stagg of Valley Forge, Pa., were among 11 ministers arrested for marching in an anti-segregation demonstration with a Negro group. The clergymen began a fast to protest against segregation of Negro and white demonstrators in the jail; it ended when their jailors permitted integration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, November 15, 1963, November 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chapman, Paul Kingsley., Stagg, Paul L.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--North Carolina--Williamston., Jails--North Carolina--Williamston.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Williamston., United States., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., Williamston (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Martin--Williamston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30225; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30225
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352915

Title: Release: immediate.
Creator Name(s): National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.) (author)
Date Created: 1963, circa December 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.), National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.), Mealey, Margaret J., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., Leadership Conference on Civil Rights., Roach, Margaret (Peggy), 1927-2006.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Cemeteries--Virginia--Arlington., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights workers--Virginia--Arlington.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, photo no. C-30343; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30343_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352769

Title: Honor slain president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30343 HONOR SLAIN PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Council of Catholic Women was represented among the 73 member-organizations of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights at a visit by the group to the graveside of the late President Kennedy. A wreath was placed at the grave in Arlington National Cemetery. Among those in the foreground (front row, left) are Margaret Mealey, executive director of the NCCW; and Margaret Roach, of the NCCW’s Washington staff. Roy Wilkins, NAACP leader and chairman of the Leadership Conference, is in front row center. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-WAS-12A-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa December 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.), National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.), Mealey, Margaret J., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., Leadership Conference on Civil Rights., Roach, Margaret (Peggy), 1927-2006.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Cemeteries--Virginia--Arlington., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights workers--Virginia--Arlington.
Geographic subjects: United States., Virginia, Arlington., United States., Virginia, Arlington., Arlington (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Arlington--Arlington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, photo no. C-30343; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352884

Title: Episcopalians march in Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: EPO-29810 EPISCOPALIANS MARCH IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation in the nation’s capital joined churchmen and women from across the nation in the Aug. 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Religious support for the civil rights effort was strikingly evident in the March -- observers estimated more than half of the identifying banners were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.), March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. EPO-29810; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_EPO-29810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358075

Title: The Washington march -- 200,000 strong.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29802 THE WASHINGTON MARCH -- 200,000 STRONG WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About 100,000 were expected…more than twice that many came to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Early in the morning the pace of arrivals was slow. A happy, picnic atmosphere began to build around the base of the Washington Monument (in background). Then, near noon, caravans of buses that had been jamming outlying highways began to pour into the city. By the time the March started, a steady flow of people was pouring down Constitution and Independence Avenues. They jammed around the front of the Lincoln Memorial, lined the edges of the long reflecting pool, and listened to Freedom songs, entertainers and speakers. In the March and during the ceremonies, the presence of religious groups was vividly evident. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29802; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29802
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358122

Title: For United Church of Christ clients.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Church of Christ.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. UCC-29809; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_UCC-29809_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357883

Title: United Church sends large delegation to Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: UCC-29809 UNITED CHURCH SENDS LARGE DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the largest contingents among religious group sin the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that of the United Church of Christ. The denominational banner was prominent among the thousands carried from the Washington Monument, in background, to the Lincoln Memorial during the March. Religious participation in the demonstration was vividly evident, with more than half of the banners identifying marching groups as those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Church of Christ.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. UCC-29809; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_UCC-29809
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358139

Title: United Presbyterian Commission on Religion and Race.
Description: Outlines the purpose, composition, and authority of the newly formed UPCUSA Commission on Religion and Race.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_commission_religion_race
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345248

Title: Religious leaders greet woman in famed 'bus' case.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29797 RELIGIOUS LEADERS GREET WOMAN IN FAMED ‘BUS’ CASE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Three religious leaders participating in the March on Washington, greet a Negro woman whose arrest made headlines in 1955. Mrs. Rosa Parks is shown with, left to right, Father John F. Cronin of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; and Rabbi Joachin Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. In 1955, Mrs. Parks was arrested when she refused to obey a bus driver’s order to give her seat to a white person. Her case was one of several that aroused the nation, helped weld Negroes and white in campaigns that culminated in the March on Washington. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-8E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., American Jewish Congress., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Department., Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Rabbis--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29797; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29797
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7253

Title: The president and 'March' leaders.
Description: Alternate caption when the photo was reissued in November 1963 on the occasion of President Kennedy's death.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Ahmann, Mathew H., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Presidents--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29807; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29807_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357746

Title: March leaders confer with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29807 MARCH LEADERS CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Strong bi-partisan support will be necessary to push civil rights legislation through Congress, President Kennedy told leaders of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drw over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, for left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; ; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Ahmann, Mathew H., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29807; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29807
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7220

Title: Dr. Martin Luther King addresses Washington marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29812 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ADDRESSES WASHINGTON MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A stirring climax to ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was reached when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stepped to the rostrum and called on the nation to end racial discrimination “now.” The Baptist minister, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was widely hailed as the “civil rights and religious leader” of the event. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29812; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29812
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358341

Title: March on jail.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #50502 MARCH ON JAIL…BIRMINGHAM, Ala…Barred window of waiting paddy wagon frames demonstrators -- some singing, some praying -- as an estimated 2,000 marched on the Birmingham jail May 5 in a segregation protest. (1963).
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 5, 1963, May 5, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Police vehicles--Alabama--Birmingham., Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 50502; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_50502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358337

Title: Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29586; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3158
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7310

Title: Eugene Carson Blake arrested.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed and then released on bond.
Creator Name(s): Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29572; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7398

Title: Father Abbott heads LaFarge Institute.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31048 FATHER ABBOTT HEADS LAFARGE INSTITUTE For Release: Wed., May 27, or later NEW YORK -- Father Walter M. Abbott, S. J., associate editor of America, is director of the new John LaFarge Institute being launched in New York by the national Catholic weekly. The institute will promote the cooperation and fellowship “of all men of goodwill” in seeking to cope with inter-group and other community problems. Bottom photo shows Father LaFarge for whom the institute is named. The Jesuit priest, who died last November, is shown with African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father Abbott, prominent in the ecumenical movement, advocates a common Bible for all English-speaking Christians. Father LaFarge was a leader in the Catholic interracial and interreligious movements, as well as an editor of America. The institute’s board of advisers will include Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergymen and laymen. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BM-DC-5D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), United States., New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31048a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348421

Title: Father LaFarge takes part in Washington March.
Description: Alternate caption for image originally filed as C-29801.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31048a_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348658

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