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Title: UPCUSA Civil Rights demonstration.
Description: New York--A peaceful pre-Independence Day demonstration for racial equality was held by some 500 clergymen and members of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The placard-carrying demonstrators marched for 45 minutes in a City Hall Plaza area, then heard addresses by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, center, and Dr. W. Eugene Houston, left, a Harlem pastor who heads the presbytery's new commission on religion and race. The Mayor called for enactment of President Kennedy's civil rights proposals and pledged continuing efforts toward greater racial equality in New York City. Dr. Houston warned against the city "dragging its feet"on integration and called for acceleration of school desegregation.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand),, 1910-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century., Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York, 20th century., 20th century., New York (State), New York, 20th century., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29568; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3095
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6993

Title: LBJ -- Civil rights advocate.
Description: Alternate caption from when photo was re-issued to announce death of President Lyndon Johnson.
Creator Name(s): American Baptist Convention. (author)
Date Created: 1973, January 1973, January 1973
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., African American civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30512; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30512_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353651

Title: Civil rights query underway.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1965, February 10, 1965, February 10, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Commission on Civil Rights., Hesburgh, Theodore M. (Theodore Martin), 1917-2015., Catholic Church--Clergy., University of Notre Dame--Faculty., Hannah, John A., 1902-1991., Michigan State University--Faculty., Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994., Harvard Law School--Faculty., Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018., Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (St. Louis, Mo.), Saint Louis County (Mo.). Housing Authority.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Governmental investigations--United States., Civil rights--Mississippi--Jackson.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32138; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32138_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355811

Title: Mississippi civil rights inquiry opens.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32138 MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS INQUIRY OPENS JACKSON, Miss. -- A long-proposed inquiry into denial of voting rights and the administration of justice to Negroes in Mississippi was opened in Jackson by the six-member U.S. Civil Rights Commission, which includes Father Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), president of the University of Notre Dame. The sessions were called to order by Dr. John A. Hannah (second from left), commission chairman and president of Michigan State University. Other commission members shown are Dean Erwin N. Griswold of Harvard University’s Law School and Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman, associate general counsel of the St. Louis Housing and Land Clearance Authorities. Other members present, but now [sic] shown here, were Eugene Patterson, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and vice-chairman of the commission, and Robert S. Rankin of the department of political science at Duke University. One of the first witnesses to appear at the hearings was Mississippi Atty. Gen. Joe T. Patterson, who declared that state leaders were trying to deal with the civil rights issue “free of demagoguery.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 10, 1965, February 10, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Commission on Civil Rights., Hesburgh, Theodore M. (Theodore Martin), 1917-2015., Catholic Church--Clergy., University of Notre Dame--Faculty., Hannah, John A., 1902-1991., Michigan State University--Faculty., Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994., Harvard Law School--Faculty., Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018., Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (St. Louis, Mo.), Saint Louis County (Mo.). Housing Authority., Patterson, Eugene C. (Eugene Corbett), 1923-2013., Rankin, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1899-1976., Duke University--Faculty., Patterson, Joe T., 1907-1969.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Governmental investigations--United States., Civil rights--Mississippi--Jackson., Attorneys general--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Mississippi, Jackson., Mississippi., Jackson (Miss.), Mississippi, North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hinds--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32138; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32138
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355944

Title: Lunches for civil rights marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29791 LUNCHES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Interracial and interreligious -- that was the theme of a giant sandwich packaging program carried on by the National Council of Churches, which prepared 80,000 box lunches for participants in the civil rights march on Washington. Roman Catholic nuns joined Protestant and Orthodox volunteers in a 13-hour project carried out in the hall of Riverside Church in New York City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--Washington (D.C.), Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29791; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358119

Title: Priest arrested in civil rights cause.
Description: William Hogan of St. Martin's Catholic church, Chicago, is carried off by police in a civil rights demonstration protesting racial imbalance in the city's public schools.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, June 29, 1965, June 29, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Saint Martin Parish (Chicago, Ill.), Hogan, William.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Segregation in education--Illinois--Chicago., Public schools--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. C-32785; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-32785
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151362

Title: In memoriam: a demonstration for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30299 IN MEMORIAM: A DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ST. LOUIS -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish agencies joined in St. Louis in a demonstration for civil rights which was dedicated as a memorial to the late President Kennedy. Quiet, prayerful, the demonstration saw 35,000 people take part in a walk through the city’s main streets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, November 24, 1963, November 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Missouri--St. Louis.
Geographic subjects: United States., Missouri, St. Louis., St. Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30299; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30299
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352982

Title: Kennedy addresses nation on civil rights.
Date Created: 1963, June 11, 1963, June 11, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Race relations--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30244; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30244_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352795

Title: NCC delegates press for civil rights legislation.
Date Created: 1963, December 6, 1963, December 6, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Espy, R. H. Edwin., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30348; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30348_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352766

Title: NCC delegates press for civil rights legislation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30348 NCC DELEGATES PRESS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION PHILADELPHIA -- Two busloads of delegates and official visitors, a total of about 80 men and women, left the National Council of Churches’ triennial General Assembly at Philadelphia, Pa., on Dec. 6 for a one-day journey to Washington, D.C., to contact legislators and personally urge speedy passage of pending civil rights legislation. The trip followed Assembly approval of a resolution seeking accelerated Christian pressure on Congressmen to force the bill out of committee and onto the floor of the House of Representatives for debate. J. Irwin Miller, outgoing NCC president, (third from right, front row) greets Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop B. Julian Smith of Chicago and other travelers on their return to Philadelphia. Also welcoming the returning group (second from left) was Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race. Next to Bishop Smith, a vice chairman of the race commission, is Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, special projects coordinator for the commission, and to her right is Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-P-12B-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 6, 1963, December 6, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Espy, R. H. Edwin., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30348; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30348
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352933

Title: President Johnson, NCC leaders discuss civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30357 PRESIDENT JOHNSON, NCC LEADERS DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A strong stand in favor of civil rights legislation by the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly at Philadelphia was followed by an invitation from President Lyndon B. Johnson for NCC leaders to meet with him and discuss measures to expedite passage of the pending bill. With the President are J. Irwin Miller, Columbus, Ind., Disciples of Christ layman who retired as NCC president (seated, left), and his successor, Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (seated, center), and, standing left to right: Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop B. Julian Smith of Chicago, Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dr. Spike is executive director and Bishop Smith and Dr. Blake are vice chairmen of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NC-12B-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 9, 1963, December 9, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30357; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30357
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352934

Title: Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.
Description: PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1958, September 4, 1958, September 4, 1958
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Montgomery., Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 22643; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds2931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7465

Title: Poor People's leader jailed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37336 POOR PEOPLE’S LEADER JAILED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Ralph Abernathy peers through the barred window of a bus taking him to jail in Washington, D.C. The head of the Southern Leadership Conference, with some 300 others, was arrested for attempting to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds. His arrest followed ouster of residents from Resurrection City by police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 24, 1968, June 24, 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-37336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-37336
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358350

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 Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34159; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3097
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7369

Title: Negroes pray for justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-27052 NEGROES PRAY FOR JUSTICE ALBANY, Ga. -- Negro demonstrators held a prayer meeting in front of the Albany (Ga.) City Hall to appeal for a just verdict for 11 Freedom Riders on trial there. Police form a cordon in the rear to forestall any violence. The Negro demonstrators, whose number sometimes rose to 700, held mass meetings in the Shiloh Baptist church. So far about 480 Negroes have been arrested for their participation in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UPI-NYC-12C-61-NM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa December 17, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany., Prayer--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Trials--Georgia--Albany.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., United States, Albany (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Dougherty--Albany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-27052; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-27052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358340

Title: Heads together.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #61450 HEADS TOGETHER…BIRMINGHAM The “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement get their heads together here just before releasing their statement that accord had been reached on their grievances. L-R: Martin Luther King, Jr; Fred Shuttleworth; Ralph Abernathy 5-10-63
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 10, 1963, May 10, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham., African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 61450; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_61450
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358338

Title: Rights leaders pushed off road.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34393 RIGHTS LEADERS PUSHED OFF ROAD HERNANDO, Miss. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negro civil rights leaders, are pushed off the road at they resume a voters march begun by James Meredith. Later they continued their walk, marching single file along the highway’s shoulder. Mr. Meredith was short from ambush by a white man as he was marching from Memphis, Tenn., to Jackson, capital of Mississippi, in an effort to encourage Negro voting in the state’s primary election. Religious leaders were quick to condemn the shooting and called for greater efforts in behalf of Negro voting rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-6B-66-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, June 1966, June 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hernando., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hernando., Voter registration--Mississippi., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., African American clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., Police--Mississippi--Hernando.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., United States, Hernando (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--DeSoto--Hernando
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34393; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-34393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358344

Title: SCLC leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37335 SCLC LEADERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, known as the “city manager” of Resurrection City, is shown as he embraced the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, head of the Poor People’s Campaign. Mr. Abernathy was arrested shortly after the police-enforced exodus of residents from the tent city in the nation’s capital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 1968, June 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-37335; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-37335
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358349

Title: Banner proclaims religious support for march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29804 BANNER PROCLAIMS RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious participation the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom exceeded all expectation. In addition to many banners and signs designating specific religious groups, many churchmen and women marched as Protestants, Catholics and Jews, united in their support of full equality for all American citizens. More than half of the identifying signs in the March were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29804; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29804
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7390

Title: Supplies for Selma.
Description: Little Patricia Perry tends some of the ten tons of food, clothing, medicine and books collected by Catholics in the Detroit archdiocese for shipment to Selma, Ala., to aid civil rights workers.
Creator Name(s): Pitcher, Keith J. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, July 15, 1965, July 15, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Detroit (Mich.), Perry, Patricia.
Topical Subject(s): Charities--Michigan--Wyandotte., Gifts--Michigan--Wyandotte., Gifts--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Wyandotte., Michigan, Wyandotte., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Wyandotte (Mich.), Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Wayne--Michigan--Wyandotte, North and Central America--United States--Dallas--Alabama--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. C-32851; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-32851
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151594

Title: They Want to March.
Description: They Want to March.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, 20th century., Alabama, 20th century., Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32269; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4619
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8620

Title: Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Description: Clergymen in Forefront of March.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, March 10, 1965, March 10, 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, 20th century., Alabama, 20th century., Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32268; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds4618
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8616

Title: Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Description: Clergymen Continue Selma Protest.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma--20th century., Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma, 20th century., Alabama, Selma, 20th century., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 108, Image no. 32293; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83697
Identifier (local): ds4620
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8602

Title: Indians begin California-Washington protest walk.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PHOTO NUMBER: PC-50828. INDIANS BEGIN CALIFORNIA-WASHINGTON PROTEST WALK. RENO: Bundled against the fierce cold and snow, a group of Indian protesters trudge through the Sierras toward the Nevada border on Feb. 13, on the first leg of their "long walk" from Sacramento to Washington to dramatize opposition to "anti-Indian" legislation in Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-REN-2B-78-JH)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1978, February 13, 1978, February 13, 1978
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Indigenous peoples--Political activity--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--Civil rights--United States--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., Reno (Nev.), North and Central America--United States--Washoe--Nevada--Reno
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 41, image no. PC-50828; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-50828
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:293400

Title: Dr. King arrested in voter drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32117 DR. KING ARRESTED IN VOTER DRIVE SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negroes kneel to pray as they are being taken to jail after being arrested in a voter registration drive. The noted Baptist minister and winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was among 265 persons arrested on charges of parading without a permit as they walked to the Dallas County Courthouse to protest voter registration practices. In addition, some 500 students who stayed out of school to join the demonstration were arrested on truancy charges, while 37 adults were seized by police for contempt of court. Most of those apprehended were released without bail pending arraignment. Dr. King, however, remained in jail than post the $200 bond required for non-residents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Date Created: 1965, February 1, 1965, February 1, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1928-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights deomnstrations--Alabama--Selma., Arrest--Alabama--Selma., African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Suffrage--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 107, image no. PC-32117; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32117
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:343596

Title: White segregationist attacks Dr. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32069 WHITE SEGREGATIONIST ATTACKS DR. KING SELMA, Ala. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is confronted by a white segregationist outside the Dallas County Court House in Selma, Ala. The man later punched and kicked the noted Negro integration leader as he registered at a previously segregated hotel. The attacker was James Robinson, 26, of Birmingham, Ala., a member of the segregationist National States Rights Party. Police quickly seized Mr. Robinson and charged him with assault and disturbing the peace. Dr. King said later he was not hurt by the attack, suffering only a headache. The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading advocate of the non-violent movement against discrimination was in Selma to assist a voter registration drive. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 18, 1965, January 18, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Robinson, Jimmy George.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma., Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--Alabama--Selma.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Selma., United States., Alabama, Selma., Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32069; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32069
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355931

Title: March on jail.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #50502 MARCH ON JAIL…BIRMINGHAM, Ala…Barred window of waiting paddy wagon frames demonstrators -- some singing, some praying -- as an estimated 2,000 marched on the Birmingham jail May 5 in a segregation protest. (1963).
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 5, 1963, May 5, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Police vehicles--Alabama--Birmingham., Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 50502; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_50502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358337

Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. struck by a rock.
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966, August 5, 1966, August 5, 1966
Name Subject(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago, 20th century., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34625; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3344
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7010

Title: Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Description: Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Creator Name(s): Riley, G. (creator)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Liberty Bell Center (Philadelphia, Pa.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century., Liberty Bell.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20th century., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 32340; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7274

Title: Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29586; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds3158
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7310

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