Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.

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Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."
Date created: 1965
July 6, 1965
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches
Subject names: United Church of Christ. General Synod.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics: Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.)
North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT - RIGHTS-HOLDER(S) UNLOCATABLE OR UNIDENTIFIABLE; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Related item URL: https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival...
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32827; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32827
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:143453