Text transcribed from caption: C-31373 NEGRO DOCTORS HONOR ATLANTA'S ARCHBISHOP WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta is honored by the National Medical Association, a Negro body, in Washington. Dr. W. Montague Cobb, president of the medical group, awards him a citation for advancing civil rights. Archbishop Hallinan was cited for "firm leadership in insisting on the application of Christian practices in Catholic hospitals" in his archdiocese. Dr. Cobb said the prelate was "a symbol of the new Atlanta." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-8A-64-W)

Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)

1964

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Hallinan, Paul J.
National Medical Association (U.S.)
Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-1990.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Atlanta (Ga.)

Awards--Washington (D.C.)
Catholic hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta.
Catholic hospitals--Administration.
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Bishops--Georgia--Atlanta.

Washington (D.C.)
Georgia
Atlanta.
North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31373; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_C-31373

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