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