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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran, press release.
Creator:
American Jewish Congress. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149219
Title:
Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran, alternative caption.
Description:
Alternative caption that includes a statement from Howard M. Squadron of the American Jewish Congress.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., American Jewish Congress., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq., Squadron, Howard M.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149132
Title:
Aftermath of a mission that failed.
Description:
The rotor blades of a burned-out U.S. helicopter create a stark silhouette against the desert skies of eastern Iran where the American commando mission to rescue the hostages proved impossible after equipment failure. Photo, taken Saturday April 26, also shows U.S. helicopter that was left behind when the mission was aborted.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148670
Title:
Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran.
Description:
Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali watches as Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran uncover the body of one of the 8 American servicemen reportedly killed during the aborted raid to rescue U.S. hostages.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148643
Title:
Vatican Aide blesses remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Iran.
Description:
Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the papal representative in Iran, blesses the plastic-wrapped bodies of eight American servicemen killed in a hostage rescue attempt. To his left is Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capucci.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Bugnini, Annibale.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Prayers for the dead--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148574
Title:
A moment of prayer in Teheran.
Description:
Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, prays with an unidentified hostage during an Easter visit in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148550
Title:
U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description:
The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148334
Title:
Mother of U.S. hostage visits son in Iran.
Description:
Barbara Timm and her husband Kenneth after visiting her son, Kevin Hermening, a U.S. hostage being held by militants at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Timm, Barbara., Timm, Kenneth., Hermening, Kevin.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148262

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