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Title: Rev. Robert Lyon Beech.
Description: [Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RT 746, Box 5, Social Corporate Ministries: Delta Ministries; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries. Office of Communications Records, 1966-1973.
Identifier (local): ds3143
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Bishops' wives back integration: two jailed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30805 BISHOPS’ WIVES BACK INTEGRATION: TWO JAILED BOSTON -- Three wives of Protestant Episcopal bishops are shown as they boarded a plane in Boston enroute to Jacksonville, Fla., where they assisted in integration efforts. A Negro child wishes them bon voyage. Two of them were arrested in Jacksonville. At far right is Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, wife of the retired Episcopal Bishop of Central New York and mother of Massachusetts’ governor; she was arrested on March 31. At center is Mrs. John M. Burgess, wife of the Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts and first Negro bishop of the Church in the U.S. Mrs. Burgess was jailed March 30 by Jacksonville police when she sought service in a motel cocktail lounge. At left is Mrs. D.J. Campbell, wife of the former Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles. Mrs. Peabody, 72, said they took part in the segregation protest like any “three nice peaceful women.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 29, 1964, March 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peabody, Mary., Burgess, Esther Julia Taylor., Campbell, Hester Hocking., Episcopal Church.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--St. Augustine., Spouses of clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: United States., Florida, St. Augustine., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), St. Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30805; 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-30805
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348324

Title: Protestant civil rights march to Capitol.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31035 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH TO CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen from 41 states and the District of Columbia marched to the U.S. Capitol and petitioned the Senate for swift passage of a strong civil rights bill. The procession formed at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, where services urging an end to racial injustice were being held daily, and stopped briefly at the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the decision against public school segregation. The procession, which was followed by visits to Senators, was organized by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 18, 1964, May 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-31035; 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-31035
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348432

Title: Murdered rights worker attended NCC sessions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31383 MURDERED RIGHTS WORKER ATTENDED NCC SESSIONS OXFORD, Ohio -- Andrew Goodman, 20-year-old New Yorker murdered in Mississippi with two other civil rights workers, is shown attending an orientation lecture at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, before going to the Southern state. The bodies of Mr. Goodman and his companions -- Michael H. Schwerner, 24, another white student from New York, and James E. Chaney, 21, a Meridian, Miss., Negro -- were found buried deep in a dam embankment near Philadelphia, Miss., where they disappeared June 21. All three had attended the advance training sessions at Oxford, conducted by the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 20, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964., Western College for Women., Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964., Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Violence against--United States., Training--Ohio--Oxford.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Ohio, Oxford., Oxford (Ohio), Philadelphia (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Butler--Oxford
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31383; 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-31383
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349195

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31238 HATTIESBURG RACE EFFORT CONTINUING HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Scenes of last January remained vivid in July, as the nation’s most comprehensive civil rights bill became law. Since minister, rabbis and Negroes of the community staged prolonged picketing in Hattiesburg, Miss., to protest voter registration practices an effort has been continued there on an interreligious, interracial basis to increase the number of registered Negro voters. The pattern of civil rights demonstrations across the nation is mirrored in the scenes here: a preparatory briefing in a local church (top left), prayer (top right) and petitioning God’s guidance through song, with hand’s linked to symbolize the united effort (bottom left) and peaceful picketing (bottom right). Local authorities, who initially permitted the demonstration within a specified area, later arrested nine United Presbyterian ministers and a Disciples of Christ clergyman on charges of disorderly conduct for having refused to follow police directions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-NY-7A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Ballis, George Elfie. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January-July 1964, January-July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Hattiesburg., United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31238; 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-31238
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350241

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31238 HATTIESBURG RACE EFFORT CONTINUING HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Scenes of last January remained vivid in July, as the nation’s most comprehensive civil rights bill became law. Since minister, rabbis and Negroes of the community staged prolonged picketing in Hattiesburg, Miss., to protest voter registration practices an effort has been continued there on an interreligious, interracial basis to increase the number of registered Negro voters. The pattern of civil rights demonstrations across the nation is mirrored in the scenes here: a preparatory briefing in a local church (top left), prayer (top right) and petitioning God’s guidance through song, with hand’s linked to symbolize the united effort (bottom left) and peaceful picketing (bottom right). Local authorities, who initially permitted the demonstration within a specified area, later arrested nine United Presbyterian ministers and a Disciples of Christ clergyman on charges of disorderly conduct for having refused to follow police directions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-NY-7A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Ballis, George Elfie. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January-July 1964, January-July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Hattiesburg., United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31238; 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-31238c
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350244

Title: Protestant civil rights procession.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 1964, May 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31056; 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-31056
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350194

Title: LBJ chats with Baptists.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976 (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. 30799; 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_30799
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348419

Title: Demonstrators pray before dispersing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31023 DEMONSTRATORS PRAY BEFORE DISPERSING CAMBRIDGE, Md. -- A Roman Catholic priest leads demonstrators in prayer at Cambridge, Md., as they prepare to disperse. The group, which included Protestant and Catholic clergymen, had gathered at the courthouse to protest the arrest of a demonstration leader, Mrs. Gloria Richardson, a Negro. Leading the prayers is Father Louis Jaramillo of the Catholic University of America. To his right is Brig. Gen. G. M. Gelston, commander of the Maryland National Guard forces, who ordered the group to leave the area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 13, 1964, May 13, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gelston, George Morris., Jaramillo, Louis., Richardson, Gloria, 1922-2021.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Cambridge., Prayer--Maryland--Cambridge., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Generals--Maryland.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Cambridge., Maryland, Cambridge., United States., Maryland., Cambridge (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Dorchester--Cambridge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-31023; 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-31023
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348327

Title: Baptists asked to support rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30786 BAPTISTS ASKED TO SUPPORT RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southern Baptist leaders hear President Johnson ask the support of denominational leaders for his civil rights program. Speaking in the Rose Garden outside his White House office, the chief executive said that “no group of Christians has a greater responsibility in civil rights than Southern Baptists.” Members of the Southern Baptist Convention, he said, “are part of the power structure in many communities of our land,” and he called for the clergy’s aid in securing Congressional passage of rights legislation. More than 150 clergymen and lay leaders of a SBC seminar on Christian leadership heard Mr. Johnson’s appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WN-3D-64-2)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 25, 1964, March 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30786; 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-30786
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348422

Title: Dismissed from hospital.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, July 11, 1964, July 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996., Rawlings, Charles W., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Rabbis--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Victims of violent crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31274; 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-31274_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349733

Title: Rabbi beaten in Mississippi voter drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31274 RABBI BEATEN IN MISSISSIPPI VOTER DRIVE HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Segregationists wielding metal bars attacked Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld of Cleveland, Ohio, and two other white civil rights workers for their voter registration work with Negroes at Hattiesburg, Miss. He is shown leaving a hospital there after being treated for severe head and body injuries. The rabbi is accompanied (left) by the Rev. Charles W. Rawlings, director of the Cleveland Church Federation’s Office of Religion and Race. The Hattiesburg voter registration campaign, supervised by the National Council of Churches’ race commission, has been maintained since last winter on an interreligious basis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-7C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 11, 1964, July 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996., Rawlings, Charles W., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Rabbis--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Victims of violent crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31274; 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-31274
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350284

Title: Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (author)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31124; 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-31124_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349735

Title: Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31124 PHILADELPHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACT ON RACE PHILADELPHIA- Protestant and Roman Catholic bishops make public the first interreligious statement on racial justice and religious harmony ever issued in Philadelphia. Shown left to right are Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, head of the World Methodist Council; Catholic Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia; and Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Pennsylvania. The joint statement was also signed by local Baptist, Lutheran, Quaker, United Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Jewish leaders. For the first time in this city, many of them attended a Mass offered for racial and religious harmony by Archbishop Krol in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-6B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (photographer), Evening bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31124; 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-31124
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350271

Title: University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Detroit Free Press.
Creator Name(s): Detroit Free Press Co. (publisher), Ward, Hiley H. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30532; 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-30532_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353675

Title: University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30532 UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS "WALK FOR RECONCILIATION" DETROIT, Mich. -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains and their assistants from Wayne State University conducted a "walk for reconciliation" through downtown Detroit, Mich., to express an "ecumenical imperative toward human solidarity" in all areas of life, particularly race relations. Prayers were offered at each stop on their route -- a store-front church, a theater, a campus religions [sic. religious] center and an apartment building. Participants included, from left to right: the Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Protestant Episcopal chaplain; William Jacobs, lay assistant at the university's Catholic Newman Center; Father Joseph Walsh, director of the Newman Center; Rabbi Max Kapustin of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and the Rev. William Hutchinson, Methodist, of the Wesley Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HW-D-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Detroit., Michigan, Detroit., United States., Detroit (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Wayne--Detroit
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30532; 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-30532
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353839

Title: Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31853 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WARRENTON, Va. -- Former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins (center), director of the Community Relations Service established by the Civil Rights Act, presides at a session during a four-day consultation at Warrenton, Va., where some 150 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen discussed ways to implement the Civil Rights Act and the new anti-poverty program. Sharing the speakers’ table are Dr. Robert W. Spike (right), executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate director of the NCC commission. The consultation was sponsored by the NCC, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Community Relations Service., Collins, LeRoy., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Lee, James Oscar., Synagogue Council of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Warrenton (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Fauquier--Warrenton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31853; 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-31853
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356684

Title: NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description: Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator Name(s): Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31163; 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): ds3169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7199

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen participate in a morning prayer service.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3166
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7161

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen meet in a local church.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3167
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7064

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Picketing demonstration in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3165
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7132

Title: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30651 CHURCH SERVICES PLANNED TO PRESS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BALTIMORE, Md. -- If the pending civil rights bill hasn't been passed by Easter, daily worship services to express support of the legislation will begin in Washington, D.C. churches in the following week, it was announced at a meeting of the General Board of the National Council of Churches at Baltimore. Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Anna Hedgeman, director of special events for the commission, called for the services by Protestant and Orthodox churches. They said other religions may join in sponsoring the worship and prayer demonstration, participating in an initial mass meeting and then holding their own services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353817

Title: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353556

Title: Civil rights bill supporters at Independence Hall.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, May 24, 1964, May 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31068; 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-31068_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349900

Title: Religious groups support civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31068 RELIGIOUS GROUPS SUPPORT CIVIL RIGHTS PHILADELPHIA-Representatives of church groups demonstrate for racial justice at an “interreligious witness for civil rights” in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall Square. The meeting was attended by several hundred persons from about 25 cooperating religious groups. Aim of the demonstration was an early passage of the civil rights bill in Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-5E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 24, 1964, May 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31068; 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-31068
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350266

Title: Religious support for civil rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30893 RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A demand that the U.S. Senate pass the “strongest possible” civil rights bill was made by leading Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish spokesmen as they announced an interreligious convocation in support of the measure would be held in the nation’s capital on April 28. A joint statement calling the convocation and stating that religious groups cannot watch the debate as “uninvolved spectators” was issued by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (speaking), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and head of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Father John F. Cronin, S.S. (left), assistant director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-4D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Kenneth. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Synagogue Council of America., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30893; 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-30893
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348433

Title: President urges religious civil rights support.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30963 PRESIDENT URGES RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s religious community was challenged by President Johnson to “reawaken the conscience” of the nation and make the civil rights bill -- which he predicted would pass -- an effective force in the struggle for equal justice. A total of 177 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen heard the President in the East Room of the White House on the day following a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University to demand passage of the civil rights bill. Seated under painting to the President’s right, from right to left, are top Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen: Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a vice chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, and Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348439

Title: Predicts civil rights passage.
Description: Alternate caption by Wide World Photos.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348662

Title: Civil rights supporters express victory hopes.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30792 CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORTERS EXPRESS VICTORY HOPES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A U.S. Senate vote to launch formal debate on the House-passed Civil Rights Bill was received happily by supporters of the legislation. Victory signs, signifying rejection of Southern senators’ attempts to delay debate by subjecting the bill to committee hearings, are made, from left to right, by: Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) and Sen Philip A. Hart (D.-Mich.), key legislative supporters of the measure, and three prominent Negro civil rights leaders -- the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. The Negro clergymen all have been active in integration efforts through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, headed by Dr. King. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-3E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 26, 1964, March 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Legislators--United States., African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Southern States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30792; 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-30792
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348444

Title: Church women hear rights bill explained.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30967 CHURCH WOMEN HEAR RIGHTS BILL EXPLAINED SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall, who head the Justice Department Civil Rights Division, declared at a public interreligious rally at San Antonio, Tex., that the pending civil rights bill will pass but that efforts to enforce its provisions will need continued public support. He spoke at a rally held in conjunction with a meeting of the Board of Managers of the United Church Women, a general department of the National Council of Churches. He is shown here with the UCW’s national president, Mrs. Theodore F. Wallace of Shawnee Mission, Kan., at left, and Mrs. Emile O’Bee of Milwaukee, Wis., UCW recording secretary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-SA-5B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 28, 1964, April 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Marshall, Burke, 1922-2003., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., O'Bee-Wilson, Ernestine S., Wallace, Louise., United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Texas--San Antonio., Ecumenical movement--Texas--San Antonio., Christian women--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects: United States., Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30967; 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-30967
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348411

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