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.