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:
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:
Delta Ministry posters.
Description:
Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7369
Title:
NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description:
Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator:
Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7199
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen participate in a morning prayer service.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7161
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Picketing demonstration in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7132
Title:
Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description:
Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen meet in a local church.
Creator:
Bollis, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7064

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