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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Title:
A North Vietnamese nun.
Description:
Hanoi -- A North Vietnamese nun, Ntuyen Tkhi Choung, looks sadly at signs of war in Hanoi. The city's workers, unlike the nun, all bear arms. Ringed with anti-aircraft guns and missile sites, the city is on a constant alert for air raids.
Creator:
Daily express (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service, Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Vietnam--Hanoi., War--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Vietnam War, 1961-1975., War and society--Vietnam--Hanoi.
Geographic subjects:
Hanoi (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139021
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Speakers at an anti-war rally.
Description:
Speakers at an anti-war rally [From left: Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Dr. Henry Steel Commage, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. John C. Bennet].
Creator:
Goodwin, John C. (photographer)
Subject names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives., Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8020
Title:
Youths pray for Vietnam peace, Seattle, Wash.
Description:
Youths pray for Vietnam peace, Seattle, Wash.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8016
Title:
Sanctuary of conscience.
Description:
Sanctuary of conscience: David Hawk and other conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War link arms at the Union Theological Seminary prior to arrest.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hawk, David R.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7994
Title:
College students ponder draft.
Description:
College students ponder draft.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Draft--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7983
Title:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Description:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7653
Title:
National Council of Churches leaders convene.
Description:
National Council of Churches leaders convene in 1967. From left: Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, president, Mrs. E. Sinclair, and Dr. David Hunter of the NCCC's General Board in Atlanta.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7583
Title:
People of the Delta.
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--Archives
Topics:
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
Title:
Protesters at the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description:
A chapel yes; $600,000 no! Protesters at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4046
Title:
Protesters at the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description:
The God of Chartres glass is dead. Protesters at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4045
Title:
Worship, view from behind podium.
Description:
View from behind the podium at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4044
Title:
Protesters at the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description:
People change buildings. Protesters at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4042
Title:
Protesters at the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description:
It can be stopped. Protesters at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4041
Title:
Memorial Coliseum signage with passersby.
Description:
Memorial Coliseum signage for the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly in Portland Oregon with passersby.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4040
Title:
Plenary at the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description:
Plenary at the 179th United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4038
Title:
Dr. Eugene Smathers, new United Presbyterian Moderator.
Description:
Portland, Ore. -- Dr. Eugene Smathers, 60, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Big Lick, Tennessee, which has never had more than 75 members, scored a surprise upset when he was elected moderator of the 3.3 million-member United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dr. Smathers defeated Dr. William H. Hudnut Jr., of New York, who recently led the denomination's Fifty Million Fund to a successful conclusion. The new moderator suceeds Dr. Ganse Little, minister of the Pasadena, California Presbyterian church. Dr. Smathers said he hopes to "extend the strength and mission of the Church to the poor of the poor of the world."
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Smathers, Eugene Feland, 1907-1968., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Calvary Presbyterian Church of Big Lick (Crossville, Tenn.), Hudnut, William H. (William Herbert), 1905-, Little, Ganse, 1904-1990., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4036

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