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- Title
- Rights bill thanksgiving service.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-31197 RIGHTS BILL THANKSGIVING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the civil rights bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice. It was held on the lawn of the Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Other leaders in the service included Father John F. Cronin, assistant director, National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department (center of group at wall). Seated next to him (white robe) is Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal). In front of them (bending) is Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director, National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. The service was sponsored by the NCC, the NCWC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Theological Students Vigil for Civil Rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-6D-64-NAB)
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, circa June 10, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350278
- Title
- Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-31853 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WARRENTON, Va. -- Former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins (center), director of the Community Relations Service established by the Civil Rights Act, presides at a session during a four-day consultation at Warrenton, Va., where some 150 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen discussed ways to implement the Civil Rights Act and the new anti-poverty program. Sharing the speakers’ table are Dr. Robert W. Spike (right), executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate director of the NCC commission. The consultation was sponsored by the NCC, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11D-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Community Relations Service., Collins, LeRoy., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Lee, James Oscar., Synagogue Council of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., United States., Warrenton (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Fauquier--Warrenton
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31853; 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-31853
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:356684
- Title
- Rights bill thanksgiving service.
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:349843
