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Title: Bishops' wives back integration: two jailed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30805 BISHOPS’ WIVES BACK INTEGRATION: TWO JAILED BOSTON -- Three wives of Protestant Episcopal bishops are shown as they boarded a plane in Boston enroute to Jacksonville, Fla., where they assisted in integration efforts. A Negro child wishes them bon voyage. Two of them were arrested in Jacksonville. At far right is Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, wife of the retired Episcopal Bishop of Central New York and mother of Massachusetts’ governor; she was arrested on March 31. At center is Mrs. John M. Burgess, wife of the Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts and first Negro bishop of the Church in the U.S. Mrs. Burgess was jailed March 30 by Jacksonville police when she sought service in a motel cocktail lounge. At left is Mrs. D.J. Campbell, wife of the former Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles. Mrs. Peabody, 72, said they took part in the segregation protest like any “three nice peaceful women.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 29, 1964, March 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peabody, Mary., Burgess, Esther Julia Taylor., Campbell, Hester Hocking., Episcopal Church.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--St. Augustine., Spouses of clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: United States., Florida, St. Augustine., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), St. Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30805; 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-30805
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348324

Title: Addresses pro-busing demonstration.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46293 ADDRESSES PRO-BUSING DEMONSTRATION BOSTON -- Mrs. Coretta Scott King addresses pro-busing demonstrators at Boston’s City Hall. Mrs. King told the gathering of 5,000 that Boston’s racial problems are “an isolated throwback to what we had hoped was a forgotten era of infamy and hatred.” Listening is Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass.), who also addressed the group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-12A-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, November 30, 1974, November 30, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Drinan, Robert F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Boston City Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Legislators--Massachusetts., School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: United States., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46293; 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-46293
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361952

Title: Unitarian Universalist march in Boston.
Description: One thousand delegates of the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Boston gather in "silent vigil" outside the office of Boston school committee to lend support to a protest against racial imbalance in the city's schools.
Creator Name(s): Mason, Ed. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, May 22-29, 1965, May 22-29, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Unitarian Universalist Association. General Assembly (4th : 1965 : Boston, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Race relations in school management--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Suffolk--Massachusetts--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. TV-32631; 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_TV-32631
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151651

Title: NAACP leader at Catholic social action parley.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31442 NAACP LEADER AT CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTION PARLEY BOSTON -- Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is shown as he spoke before the National Catholic Social Action Conference at Boston College. At left are Msgr. George G. Higgins, director of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, N.H. Passage of the Civil Rights Act was a moral vindication of the "American dream," Mr. Wilkins said. The NAACP leader said groups who rioted in Harlem, Rochester and Jersey City are not part of any movement. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-HING-8D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Coyne, James. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., National Catholic Social Action Conference., Boston College., Higgins, George, 1916-2002., National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Department., Primeau, Ernest J.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights workers--United States.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., United States., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31442; 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-31442
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349077

Title: Gifts to be remembered.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30270 GIFTS TO BE REMEMBERED The Church was very much a part of the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Above, the Kennedy brothers are shown as they presented a check for $1,178,000 to the then Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston. The funds, from the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, were used for four archdiocesan projects. The foundation was named for the President’s older brother Joseph, killed in World War II. In this photo, Ted Kennedy is at left, Robert at right. Below, the first Catholic president of the United States receives a gift from Pope Paul VI at Vatican City. The gift was a model of the Pieta, Michelangelo’s masterpiece which will be exhibited at the Vatican Pavilion during the New York World’s Fair. The Pope lauded Mr. Kennedy and the U.S. government for its efforts to promote racial equality. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1958, circa 1958-1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Popes., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Diplomatic gifts--Vatican City., Pietà., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., Massachusetts, Boston., Vatican City., United States., Boston (Mass.), Vatican City., North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston, Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. C-30270; 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-30270
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352867

Title: School buses receive police escort.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46022 SCHOOL BUSES RECEIVE POLICE ESCORT BOSTON -- School buses carrying black students are given a police motorcycle escort as they head for South Boston High School on the second day of court-ordered busing in Boston. Widespread student boycotts and sporadic disturbances marked the first day of school in the predominantly white South Boston section which, under the court’s integration plan, had been combined into one school district with the largely black Roxbury section. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-9C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, September 13, 1974, September 13, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topical Subject(s): School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., Police--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., United States., Massachusetts, Boston., South Boston (Boston, Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46022; 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-46022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361268

Title: Some children stayed home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46019 SOME CHILDREN STAYED HOME BOSTON -- A school bus carrying only two white students leaves a pickup point and heads toward South Boston High School on the first day of a controversial court-ordered busing program to integrate Boston’s public schools. Some violence and a largely successful boycott marked the first day of school in the South Boston neighborhood, although other sections of the city remained calm. Attendance throughout the school system was reported to be 35 per cent below normal. Under the integration plan, the black Roxbury section and the white South Boston sections were combined into one school district. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-9B-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1976, September 12, 1974, September 12, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students.
Topical Subject(s): School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., School attendance--Massachusetts--Boston., Boycotts--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., United States., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., South Boston (Boston, Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46019; 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-46019
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361266

Title: Billy Graham talks with Harvard students.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30638 BILLY GRAHAM TALKS WITH HARVARD STUDENTS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Evangelist Billy Graham answers questions from Harvard University students on a variety of subjects from theology to civil rights during a 2 ½ -hour informal session. The talk was his last in a series of week-long meetings with college students in the Boston area. While in Boston, the famed evangelist made arrangements for his New England Crusade in September. Before leaving the city, Mr. Graham suggested that Negro leaders declare a moratorium on protest demonstrations until the Senate ends debate on civil rights legislation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-2C-64-NAB)
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., Harvard University--Students., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with college students--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Social movements--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Evangelists--United States., College students--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Cambridge., United States., Massachusetts, Cambridge., Cambridge (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Middlesex--Cambridge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30638; 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-30638
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353813

Title: Governor's mother leaves for south.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, March 30, 1964, March 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peabody, Mary., Burgess, Esther Julia Taylor., Campbell, Hester Hocking., Episcopal Church.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--St. Augustine., Spouses of clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30805; 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-30805_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348692

Title: Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29896; 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-29896_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357774

Title: Addresses pro-busing demonstration.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1974, November 30, 1974, November 30, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Drinan, Robert F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Boston City Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Legislators--Massachusetts., School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46293; 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-46293_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361822

Title: Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29896 BOSTON PICKETS PROTEST BIRMINGHAM BOMBING BOSTON -- Racial violence in Birmingham, Ala., was protested in Boston by pickets who paraded back and forth in front of the city’s Federal Building. They were led by the Rev. Vernon E. Carter, pastor of All Saints Lutheran church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Alabama, Birmingham., Boston (Ma.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29896; 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-29896
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344316

Title: School buses receive police escort.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1974, September 13, 1974, September 13, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topical Subject(s): School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., Police--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46022; 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-46022_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361182

Title: Some children stayed home.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1976, September 12, 1974, September 12, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students.
Topical Subject(s): School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., School attendance--Massachusetts--Boston., Boycotts--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46019; 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-46019_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361095

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