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Title: Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.
Description: PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1958, September 4, 1958, September 4, 1958
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Montgomery., Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 22643; 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): ds2931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7465

Title: They Want to March.
Description: They Want to March.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, 20th century., Alabama, 20th century., Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32269; 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): ds4619
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8620

Title: Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Description: Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, March 10, 1965, March 10, 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, 20th century., Alabama, 20th century., Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32268; 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): ds4618
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8616

Title: Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Description: Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma, 20th century., Alabama, Selma, 20th century., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32293; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83697
Identifier (local): ds4620
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8602

Title: Difference in opinion.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1965, January 18, 1965, January 18, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Robinson, Jimmy George.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--Alabama--Selma.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32069; 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-32069_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355721

Title: White segregationist attacks Dr. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32069 WHITE SEGREGATIONIST ATTACKS DR. KING SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is confronted by a white segregationist outside the Dallas County Court House in Selma, Ala. The man later punched and kicked the noted Negro integration leader as he registered at a previously segregated hotel. The attacker was James Robinson, 26, of Birmingham, Ala., a member of the segregationist National States Rights Party. Police quickly seized Mr. Robinson and charged him with assault and disturbing the peace. Dr. King said later he was not hurt by the attack, suffering only a headache. The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading advocate of the non-violent movement against discrimination was in Selma to assist a voter registration drive. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 18, 1965, January 18, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Robinson, Jimmy George.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma., United States., Alabama, Selma., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32069; 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-32069
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355931

Title: God bless - whom? :
Description: Writer/narrator, Richard Goode ; director, Nancy Carter. Participants: Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, anon. Grand Dragons of the Ku Klux Klan, anon. Northern and Southern citizens. Presents the moral issues in the civil rights struggle with specific suggestions about what individuals can do.
Creator Name(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Goode, Richard. (narrator), Carter, Nancy. (director)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Galamison, , Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: TAPE 761; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: God bless - whom? [sound recording] : radio documentary on religion and race.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=146
Identifier (local): tape761_GodBlessWhom
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116487

Title: Supplies for Selma.
Description: Little Patricia Perry tends some of the ten tons of food, clothing, medicine and books collected by Catholics in the Detroit archdiocese for shipment to Selma, Ala., to aid civil rights workers.
Creator Name(s): Pitcher, Keith J. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, July 15, 1965, July 15, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Detroit (Mich.), Perry, Patricia.
Topical Subject(s): Charities--Michigan--Wyandotte., Gifts--Michigan--Wyandotte., Gifts--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Wyandotte., Michigan, Wyandotte., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Wyandotte (Mich.), Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Wayne--Michigan--Wyandotte, North and Central America--United States--Dallas--Alabama--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. C-32851; 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-32851
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151594

Title: Dr. King arrested in voter drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32117 DR. KING ARRESTED IN VOTER DRIVE SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negroes kneel to pray as they are being taken to jail after being arrested in a voter registration drive. The noted Baptist minister and winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was among 265 persons arrested on charges of parading without a permit as they walked to the Dallas County Courthouse to protest voter registration practices. In addition, some 500 students who stayed out of school to join the demonstration were arrested on truancy charges, while 37 adults were seized by police for contempt of court. Most of those apprehended were released without bail pending arraignment. Dr. King, however, remained in jail than post the $200 bond required for non-residents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Date Created: 1965, February 1, 1965, February 1, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1928-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights deomnstrations--Alabama--Selma., Arrest--Alabama--Selma., African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Suffrage--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 107, image no. PC-32117; 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-32117
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:343596

Title: Alabama archbishop orders Catholic school integration.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30947 ALABAMA ARCHBISHOP ORDERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL INTEGRATION MOBILE, Ala. -- Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, has ordered integration of all Catholic elementary and high schools in his diocese beginning in September. Announced in a pastoral letter read in diocesan churches, the order will affect parochial schools in Alabama and 11 counties of West Florida. Alabama has about 25,000 students in 80 Catholic elementary and 13 secondary schools, with about 5,000 Negroes. Archbishop Toolen urged all his faithful to “accept this decision as best for God and country.” He stressed that “no matter what personal feelings are, the common good of all must come first.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Toolen, Thomas J., 1886-1976., Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Alabama--Mobile., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., School integration--Alabama., Catholic schools--Alabama., School integration--West Florida., Catholic schools--West Florida., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Mobile., Alabama., Alabama., West Florida., West Florida., Alabama., West Florida., Mobile (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Mobile--Mobile
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-30947; 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-30947
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348351

Title: Services held for church-bombing victim.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29902 SERVICES HELD FOR CHURCH-BOMBING VICTIM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A moment of quiet at the edge of a grave followed minutes of terror earlier when a racist’s bomb shattered 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala. Friends and relatives gather around Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Robertson, Sr., seated at right, and a sister, at left, of 14-year-old Carole Robertson. Carole and three other young girls, attending Sunday school in the church basement, died in the explosion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WIDE WORLD-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; 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-29902
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344313

Title: Body removed from bombed Birmingham church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29887 BODY REMOVED FROM BOMBED BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The body of one of four young Negro girls killed in the bombing of 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., is removed from the shattered basement. The youngsters, one 11 and three 14 years old, were studying their Sunday school lesson on the subject, “The Love That Forgives,” when explosions ripped through the church. A rope-barricade and armed troopers held a gathering crowd away from the blast area. Outraged Negroes ultimately heeded pleas by the pastor of the church, the Rev. John Cross, to disperse. From across the nation, religious leaders urged action to prevent further violence in racially-tense Birmingham. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; 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-29887
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358129

Title: Family in mourning.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; 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-29902_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357959

Title: Victim removed from church.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; 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-29887_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357913

Title: Prayer at bombing scene.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29888; 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-29888_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357976

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