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Title:Description:Greenville, Miss.--A tenant family near Greenville. The Delta Ministry is attempting to help such families understand their rights as citizens, and to provide job training and new housing, in some cases, at "Freedom City." [People of the Delta five part series, photo 1 of 5.]Creator:Fujihira, Toge. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--ArchivesTopics:African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.Geographic subjects:Greenville (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7384
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Title:Description:[Strike City proofs, Job # 601].Creator:Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi.Topics:African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7382
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Title:Description:Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.Creator:Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.Geographic subjects:Hattiesburg (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7369
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Title:Description:[Delta Ministry brochure cover.]Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. Research Unit--Archives.Geographic subjects:Hattiesburg (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7258
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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:Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)Subject names:Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)Topics:Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.Geographic subjects:Jackson (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7199
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Title:Description:Mississippi Delta residents await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry. | Text transcribed from original caption: Mississippi Delta Negroes await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry.Creator:Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Voter registration--Mississippi--20th century.Geographic subjects:Mississippi.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7163
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Description:[Photo proofs of Mount Beulah, Mississippi.]Creator:Basom, Nash. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi.Geographic subjects:Mississippi.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7118
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Title:Description:[A Delta Ministry staff member and two Mississippi residents walk past a voter registration center.]Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives.Topics:Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., Voting--Mississippi.Geographic subjects:Hattiesburg (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7110
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Title:Description:[Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]Creator:Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.Topics:Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.Geographic subjects:Hattiesburg (Miss.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6995
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Title:Description:"In gratitude for financial help to the Delta Ministry."Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Topics:Crosses.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5033
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Title:Description:Remains of an 8 foot Cross.Subject names:Delta Ministry of Mississippi., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Topics:Crosses.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4954
