Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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United Church sends large delegation to Washington.
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Text transcribed from caption: UCC-29809 UNITED CHURCH SENDS LARGE DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the largest contingents among religious group sin the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that of the United Church of Christ. The denominational banner was prominent among the thousands carried from the Washington Monument, in background, to the Lincoln Memorial during the March. Religious participation in the demonstration was vividly evident, with more than half of the banners identifying marching groups as those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Church of Christ.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358139
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Serbian royalists oppose new Orthodox bishop.
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Text transcribed from caption: PO-29714 SERBIAN ROYALISTS OPPOSE NEW ORTHODOX BISHOP MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Consecration ceremonies for Archimandrite Firmilijan of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently named as Midwest bishop in the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the U.S. and Canada, were protested in Milwaukee, Wis., as about 100 Serbian Royalist pickets demonstrated outside St. Sava Cathedral. Signs they carried charged the new bishop with being a “pawn of the Yugoslavian Communists.” At one point during the picketing, minor scuffling broke out and police intervened to prevent more serious altercations. The incident was part of a continuing controversy over the division of the Diocese into three sections and the suspension of Bishop Dionisije, who has headed the entire Diocese, by the Church’s Council of Bishops in Belgrade. Bishop Dionisije refused to recognize the suspension; he said charges against him alleging canonical offense were lodged by a “handful of Communists among the American Serbs” and that the Council was under pressure from “Tito’s Communist regime in Yugoslavia.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RCW-Milw-8B-63-NBM)
Creator:
Wentworth, Ray C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Bishops., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Buildings., Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. and Canada., St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Milwaukee, Wis.), Ocokoljich , Firmilian.
Topics:
Picketing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia., Communism and Christianity--Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Serbian Americans--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358138
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Orthodox cross retrieved in annual festival.
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Text transcribed from caption: PEO-29895 ORTHODOX CROSS RETRIEVED IN ANNUAL FESTIVAL BURLINGTON, Ont. -- An Orthodox youth holds up a cross triumphantly after retrieving it from the chilly waters of Lake Ontario prior to returning it to Metropolitan Athenagoras, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Canada (center). Ten swimmers dived into the lake to recover the religious article during the annual Festival of the Holy Cross. First to find it was Nicholas Apostolopoulos, 24, of Toronto. More than 5,000 persons, some from New York, were present at the traditional Greek ceremony which commemorates the Baptism of Christ. In Greece, the rite is usually held in January, but in North America the festival takes place during warmer months. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RL-TOR-9C-63-NAB)
Creator:
Lowman, Ron. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Apostolopolous, Nicholas., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Customs and practices., Kokkinakis, Athenagoras.
Topics:
Bishops--Lake Ontario., Crosses--Lake Ontario., Fasts and feasts--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Boats and boating--Lake Ontario.
Geographic subjects:
Lake Ontario (N.Y. and Ont.), Burlington (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358137
Title:
Historic Orthodox conference.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29945 HISTORIC ORTHODOX CONFERENCE RHODES, Greece -- Principals of the historic Pan-Orthodox Conference on the island of Rhodes, where Orthodox Churches agreed to ender into dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church on “equal” terms. Fifth from left, first row, is Metropolitan Meliton of Eliupolis and Thera, representing Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Istanbul, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy. The conference also agreed that each of the Orthodox Churches may unilaterally decide whether it will send delegate-observers to the second session of the Second Vatican Council. The Orthodox Church in Greece did not attend the meeting, having followed the lead of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Athens and All-Greece who held that unity with the Roman Catholic Church was “unattainable.” The word “reconciliation,” not “reunion,” was stressed by delegates at Rhodes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GC-ATH-9E-63-W)
Creator:
Constantinidis, G. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church., Orthodox Eastern Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Bishops--Greece--Rhodes., Congresses and conventions--Greece--Rhodes.
Geographic subjects:
Rhodes (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358136
Title:
Orthodoxy approves dialogue with Catholicism.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29944 ORTHODOXY APPROVES DIALOGUE WITH CATHOLICISM RHODES, Greece -- An historic picture of an historic moment: the meeting of representatives of Eastern Orthodox Churches as they agreed, unanimously, to enter into “dialogue” with the Roman Catholic Church. The split of Orthodoxy with Roman Catholicism dates from 1054. Only major Orthodox body not represented was the Orthodox Church in Greece which had refused to send delegates and had opposed talks with the Catholic Church. Delegates carefully stressed that “reconciliation,” not “reunion,” was to be the immediate goal of Vatican-Orthodoxy talks. Heading the meeting as chairman was Metropolitan Meliton of Eliupolis and Thera, representative of Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Istanbul, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy. He is shown at the head table, standing beneath the crucifix. Conference also decided that Orthodox Churches must decide individually whether to send delegate-observers to the Second Vatican Council’s second session. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GC-ATH-9E-63-W)
Creator:
Photography of the Epikaipon Union (Athens, Greece) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church., Orthodox Eastern Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Bishops--Greece--Rhodes., Congresses and conventions--Greece--Rhodes.
Geographic subjects:
Rhodes (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358135
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1963 Damien Dutton Award winner.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29943 1963 DAMIEN DUTTON AWARD WINNER NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Mrs. Eunice Weaver, who has devoted most of her adult life to aiding leprosy victims in Brazil, was named winner of the 1963 Damien Dutton Award, given annually by the Damien Dutton Society. Headquartered in New Brunswick, N.J., the Roman Catholic-sponsored organization maintains a large program of assistance, research and rehabilitation for leprosy victims. Mrs. Weaver, the widow of a Methodist missionary, is the founder of the Federation of Societies for the Assistance to Leprosy Patients in Brazil and personally has led numerous financial campaigns to support medical, social and educational efforts for sufferers of the disease. The award was presented in Brazil at the 8th International Congress of Leprologists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JAL-NJ-9E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Leone, J.A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Leprosy Congress., Damien Dutton Society (New Brunswick, N.J.)--Awards., Weaver, Eunice.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro., Award presentations--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro., Leprosy--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New Brunswick (N.J.), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358134
Title:
Youth blessed after retrieving Orthodox cross.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29934 YOUTH BLESSED AFTER RETRIEVING ORTHODOX CROSS ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- Archbishop Iakovos of New York, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, blesses a youth after he retrieved a cross thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by the prelate during the traditional Greek ceremony commemorating the Baptism of Christ. The youth is 18-year-old James Skouras, a student at Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N.J. Looking on is the Rev. Spridon Coutros, pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox church in Asbury Park, in whose parish the ceremony took place. Archbishop Iakovos also celebrated a divine liturgy in the St. George church, assisted by Russian and Albanian Orthodox bishops and clergymen from New Jersey and New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TFD-NY-9D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Elmer, A.H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Customs and practices., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Clergy., Skouras, James., Coutros, Spridon., Monmouth College (West Long Branch, N.J.)--Students.
Topics:
Bishops--New Jersey--Asbury Park., Crosses--New Jersey--Asbury Park., Clergy--New Jersey--Asbury Park., College students--New Jersey--Asbury Park., Fasts and feasts--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Geographic subjects:
Asbury Park (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358133
Title:
Alabama clergymen confer with president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29929 ALABAMA CLERGYMEN CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Alabama clergymen who conferred with President Kennedy on the racial strife in Birmingham are shown as they arrived at the White House. Left to right, they are: Father Joseph C. Allen of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese; The Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor of First Baptist church, Birmingham; Rabbi Milton L. Grafman of Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham; Bishop Coadjutor George M. Murray of the Alabama Protestant Episcopal diocese; Methodist Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, whose jurisdiction includes the North Alabama Conference; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Durick of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-Wn-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Allen, Joseph C., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stallings, Earl., Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995., Murray, George M., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Durick, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1914-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Alabama., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Alabama--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358132
Title:
Parade rest at chapel dedication.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29927 PARADE REST AT CHAPEL DEDICATION COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Some 2,400 cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs stand at parade rest for the dedication of the new ultra-modern, $3.4 million Chapel whose 17 spires stand high above the ground. Held outdoors, the dedication was also attended by some 10,000 persons, including religious, military, government and civic leaders. The chapel has separate sections for Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish services, and another room for other religious rites. In connection with the chapel’s inauguration, introductory worship services were held in several sections. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DES-CS-9D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Shaffer, Dean E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States Air Force Academy., United States Air Force Academy--Buildings., United States Air Force Academy--Students., United States Air Force Academy. Cadet Chapel.
Topics:
Chapels--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church architecture--20th century., Midcentury modern (Architecture)--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Military cadets--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church dedication--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Dedication services--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects:
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358131
Title:
In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
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:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topics:
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:
Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358129
Title:
School Bible reading (pro tem).
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29878 SCHOOL BIBLE READING (PRO TEM) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Bible reading continues, at least temporarily, in this public school classroom. Edward J. Murphy, eighth-grade teacher in the Russell School at Cambridge, Mass., reads from the Scriptures as students listen. The status of Bible reading was much confused at Cambridge. The School Committee voted 5-2 to substitute a moment of silent meditation, but a parliamentary maneuver caused the decision to be held up for a week. During the week Bible reading was permissible, the board ruled; however, the superintendent of schools left the practice to the discretion of teachers. Mr. Murphy was the only teacher at Russell School to authorize Bible readings in his class. Atty. Gen. Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts has held that public schools in the state must obey the Supreme Court decision barring devotional exercises. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-9B-63-W)
Creator:
Backoff, Robert. (photographer), Globe Newspaper Co. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murphy, Edward J., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.), Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Faculty., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Students.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Male teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Middle school students--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Religion in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Bible--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358127
Title:
Catholic layman addresses Methodist congregation.
Creator:
Duvall, Owen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beirne, Joseph A., 1911-1974., Communications Workers of America., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Ross, Edwin A., Hollis, Ardie.
Topics:
Labor leaders--Maryland--Silver Spring., Ecumenical movement--United States., Clergy--Maryland--Silver Spring., Racism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Silver Spring (Md.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358126
Title:
Methodists honor cardinal, rabbi, five others.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29820 METHODISTS HONOR CARDINAL, RABBI, FIVE OTHERS CHICAGO -- The Methodist Conference on Human Relations in Chicago presented award for national leadership in civil rights to a Catholic cardinal, a rabbi and five Methodists, including two bishops. Presentation was made by Bishop Charles Brashares of Chicago (center) and Bishop Matthew W. Clair, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (second from right). With them, holding their citations, are, left to right: Aaron Henry of Clarksdale, Miss., head of the NAACP Mississippi chapter; Bishop A. Raymond Grant of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Marion Downs, Los Angeles concert singer; Albert Cardinal Meyer, Catholic Archbishop of Chicago; Rabbi Julius Mark of New York; Miss Thelma Stevens of New York, an executive secretary of the Methodist Woman’s Division of Christian Service; and Bishop Charles F. Golden of Nashville, Tenn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9A-63-NAB)
Creator:
Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Awards., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Brashares, Charles., Clair, Matthew W., Jr., Henry, Aaron., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Grant, A. Raymond., Downs, Marion., Catholic Church--Bishops., Meyer, Albert, 1903-1965., Mark, Julius, 1898-1977., Stevens, Thelma., Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman’s Division of Christian Service., Golden, Charles F.
Topics:
Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Women in church work--Illinois--Chicago., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358125
Title:
Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358124
Title:
Leaders of march visit White House.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29806 LEADERS OF MARCH VISIT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representatives of religious, civic, labor and civil rights groups chat on the White House lawn before a meeting with President Kennedy which followed the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. From left are: Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, who marched in place of CORE president, James Farmer, who remained in Louisiana where he had been jailed in a rights protest; Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; A. Philip Randolph, director of the March on Washington and founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.), Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Congress of Racial Equality., Ahmann, Mathew H., National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., American Jewish Congress., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil right workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358123
Title:
The Washington march -- 200,000 strong.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29802 THE WASHINGTON MARCH -- 200,000 STRONG WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About 100,000 were expected…more than twice that many came to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Early in the morning the pace of arrivals was slow. A happy, picnic atmosphere began to build around the base of the Washington Monument (in background). Then, near noon, caravans of buses that had been jamming outlying highways began to pour into the city. By the time the March started, a steady flow of people was pouring down Constitution and Independence Avenues. They jammed around the front of the Lincoln Memorial, lined the edges of the long reflecting pool, and listened to Freedom songs, entertainers and speakers. In the March and during the ceremonies, the presence of religious groups was vividly evident. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358122
Title:
Father LaFarge takes part in Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29801 FATHER LAFARGE TAKES PART IN WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s top Catholic proponent of equal rights for all citizens, Father John LaFarge, S.J., of New York, was among the many prominent religious personages taking part in the momentous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father LaFarge, a founder of the Catholic Interracial Council movement and an associate editor of the national Catholic weekly magazine, America, chats before the Lincoln Memorial with a leading Negro churchman, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., LaFarge, John, 1880-1963., Catholic Interracial Council (New York, N.Y.), African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Editors--Washington (D.C.), Periodical editors--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358121
Title:
School ignores court prayer ban.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29799 SCHOOL IGNORES COURT PRAYER BAN SOMERSET, Pa. -- Despite the Supreme Court ruling, this class begins its day with religious exercises. Mrs. Eleanor Engle reads the Bible to second-grade pupils, at top, and leads them in prayer as the fall semester opened at the new Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School, near Somerset, Pa. The school district was one of five in Somerset County that voted to continue devotional exercises despite the ban imposed by the Supreme Court. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-8E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358120
Title:
Anglican, Catholic prelates meet.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29774 ANGLICAN, CATHOLIC PRELATES MEET TORONTO -- Meeting of the Anglican Primate and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto. Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, left, and James Cardinal McGuigan are shown at the entrance of a Toronto hotel as they prepared for a quiet talk in the Anglican leader’s apartment. Cardinal McGuigan had suggested that he pay a courtesy call upon Dr. Ramsey during the course of the Third World Anglican Congress. Dr. Ramsey replied that he would be “delighted” at such a meeting. The two prelates met informally, accompanied by Mrs. Ramsey; Canon John Satterthwaite, Dr. Ramsey’s secretary; and Msgr. John O’Mara, secretary to Cardinal McGuigan. During the course of the Congress, the Anglican leaders said he would not be “surprised” if he paid a call soon upon Pope Paul VI at Vatican City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RL-TOR-8E-63-W)
Creator:
Lowman, Ron. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., McGuigan, James Charles, 1894-1974., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Ontario--Toronto., Ecumenical movement--Ontario--Toronto.
Geographic subjects:
Toronto (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358118

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