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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Alabama archbishop orders Catholic school integration.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30947 ALABAMA ARCHBISHOP ORDERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL INTEGRATION MOBILE, Ala. -- Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, has ordered integration of all Catholic elementary and high schools in his diocese beginning in September. Announced in a pastoral letter read in diocesan churches, the order will affect parochial schools in Alabama and 11 counties of West Florida. Alabama has about 25,000 students in 80 Catholic elementary and 13 secondary schools, with about 5,000 Negroes. Archbishop Toolen urged all his faithful to “accept this decision as best for God and country.” He stressed that “no matter what personal feelings are, the common good of all must come first.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Toolen, Thomas J., 1886-1976., Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham.
Topics:
Bishops--Alabama--Mobile., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., School integration--Alabama., Catholic schools--Alabama., School integration--West Florida., Catholic schools--West Florida., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama., West Florida., Mobile (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348351
Title:
They Want to March.
Description:
They Want to March.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8620
Title:
Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Description:
Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Alabama.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8616

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