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:
Whites attack school buses.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-40037 WHITES ATTACK SCHOOL BUSES LAMAR, S.C. -- South Carolina highway patrolmen walk past an overturned and damaged school bus after a mob of angry whites, armed with ax handles and baseball bats, attacked buses bringing Negro children to the once-white Lamar High School. Police had to use tear gas to drive the mob away but three buses were damaged. Several Negro children sustained injuries from flying glass or tear gas. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-3A-70-DS)
Creator:
West, Luke. (photographer), United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., School integration--South Carolina--Lamar., Busing for school integration--South Carolina--Lamar., School buses--South Carolina--Lamar., Racism--South Carolina--Lamar., Police--South Carolina--Lamar., African American children--Violence against--South Carolina--Lamar.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Lamar (S.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358353
Title:
Integration in Mississippi.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-39919 INTEGRATION IN MISSISSIPPI WEST POINT, Miss. -- A white girl waits with Negro students as the formerly all-black Southside Elementary School in West Point, Miss., for the doors to open for second semester registration. Registration proceeded without incident. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JKS-2A-70-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., School integration--Mississippi--West Point., Children--Mississippi--West Point., School children--Mississippi--West Point.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., West Point (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358352
Title:
Cardinal Cushing -- Missionary and ecumenicist.
Description:
Caption for the photo layout when it was re-issued in 1970.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Athēnagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1886-1972., Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001., Miller, Samuel Howard, 1900-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Harvard Divinity School--Faculty., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church., Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church., Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Missions--Bolivia., Ethnic costume--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349749
Title:
Celebration for the environment.
Description:
Celebration for the environment.
Creator:
Goodwin, John C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Earth Day.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7221

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