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Title: Predicts civil rights passage.
Description: Alternate caption by Wide World Photos.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348662

Title: President urges religious civil rights support.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30963 PRESIDENT URGES RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s religious community was challenged by President Johnson to “reawaken the conscience” of the nation and make the civil rights bill -- which he predicted would pass -- an effective force in the struggle for equal justice. A total of 177 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen heard the President in the East Room of the White House on the day following a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University to demand passage of the civil rights bill. Seated under painting to the President’s right, from right to left, are top Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen: Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a vice chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, and Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348439

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: 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: Dr. King meets with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32133 DR. KING MEETS WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is escorted by Vice President Humphrey to the White House for a meeting with President Johnson to discuss the Negro voter registration drive in Selma, Ala. After the conference, the noted Negro Baptist leader said the President “made it clear to me that he plans to offer legislation to Congress specifically on voting rights.” Dr. King, winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, spent five days in the Dallas County, Ala., jail. He was arrested on charges of parading without a police permit in Selma where he led demonstrations for Negro registrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2B-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 9, 1965, February 9, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Voter registration--Alabama--Selma., Vice presidents--United States., Suffrage--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Alabama, Selma., United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Selma (Ala.), Alabama, North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32133; 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-32133
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355943

Title: John Kennedy: Race is a 'moral crisis.'
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30244 JOHN KENNEDY: RACE IS A ‘MORAL CRISIS’ The late John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, held that to assure the rights of Negroes the nation must solve a “moral crisis.” “It is as old as the Scriptures, and is as clear as the American Constitution,” he said. On June 17 he met with the nation’s religious leaders in a White House Conference on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
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.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
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
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352963

Title: Leaders of march visit White House.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29806 LEADERS OF MARCH VISIT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representatives of religious, civic, labor and civil rights groups chat on the White House lawn before a meeting with President Kennedy which followed the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. From left are: Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, who marched in place of CORE president, James Farmer, who remained in Louisiana where he had been jailed in a rights protest; Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; A. Philip Randolph, director of the March on Washington and founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 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.), White House (Washington, D.C.), Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Congress of Racial Equality., Ahmann, Mathew H., National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., American Jewish Congress., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil right workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29806; 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-29806
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358123

Title: To the White House.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1965, February 9, 1965, February 9, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Voter registration--Alabama--Selma., Vice presidents--United States., Suffrage--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32133; 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-32133_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355792

Title: Johnson meets with churchmen.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
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.
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_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352827

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