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Title: UCC leaders express civil rights support.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 17, 1964, March 17, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ--Clergy., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Gibbons, Ray., General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action., Herbster, Ben M., 1904-, Hood, Nicholas, 1951-, Douglass, Truman B.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States., Legislators--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30735; 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-30735_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353567

Title: UCC leaders express civil rights support.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30735 UCC LEADERS EXPRESS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An expression of United Church of Christ support for passage of the pending civil rights bill was carried to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.), second from left, by four national leaders of the United Church of Christ. The churchmen were among more than 100 delegates of the denomination, a group described as a "first wave" of ministers and laymen who traveled to Washington, D.C., to urge passage of the legislation "without crippling amendments." With Sen. Humphrey, the Senate majority whip, from left, are Dr. Ray Gibbons of New York, director of the UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC president; the Rev. Nicholas Hood of Detroit, chairman of the denomination's Committee for Racial Justice Now, and Dr. Truman B. Douglass, New York, executive vice president of the UCC Board for Homeland Ministries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UC-NY-3C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 17, 1964, March 17, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ--Clergy., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Gibbons, Ray., General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action., Herbster, Ben M., 1904-, Hood, Nicholas, 1951-, Douglass, Truman B.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30735; 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-30735
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353829

Title: "Religion and Race" leaders in Cleveland.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30717 'RELIGION AND RACE' LEADERS IN CLEVELAND CLEVELAND -- A continuing, comprehensive program to combat racial discrimination was pledged at Cleveland by these distinguished clergymen who sponsored the city's Conference on Religion and Race. Left to right, they are Bishop Eugene C. Hatcher of the Third Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church; Protestant Episcopal Bishop Nelson M. Burroughs of Ohio; Auxiliary Bishop John F. Whealon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, and Dr. Daniel J. Silver, rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland. They designated representatives to draw up plans for a permanent conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RLF-RR-3B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Riley, G. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hatcher, Eugene C., Episcopal Church--Bishops., African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Burroughs, Nelson M., Whealon, John F., Catholic Church. Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio), Silver, Daniel Jeremy., Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., United States., United States., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30717; 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-30717
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353870

Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."
Date Created: 1965, July 6, 1965, July 6, 1965
Name Subject(s): United Church of Christ. General Synod., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32827; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32827
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:143453

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31355 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER ON DEMONSTRATIONS NEW YORK--Negro leaders of four major civil rights groups called for a “broad curtailment” of mass demonstrations until after the Presidential election. Their appeal was issued following a meeting in New York. Shown around the conference table are from left, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Jack Greenberg, NAACP attorney; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; James Farmer, national director of CORE; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; and A. Philip Randolph, chairman of the Negro American Labor Council. Not all of the conference participants supported the appeal. Before the meeting, Dr. King conferred with Mayor Rober F. Wagner on ways to ease racial tensions and raise the economic status of Negroes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-7E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; 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-31355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349188

Title: Dr. Spike addresses United Church.
Description: View of the crowd as Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race, addresses the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Creator Name(s): United Church of Christ. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, ca. July 1-7, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ. General Synod., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Councils and synods--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32831; 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-32831
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151564

Title: President addresses new Community Relations Committee.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31434 PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NEW COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the new National Citizens Committee for Community Relations, a panel including many Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen, swarm around President Johnson after he spoke to them in the White House Rose Garden. Americans were called on by the President to reject the "indefensible counsel" being offered by divisive forces in society and to work for racial peace through strict adherence to law and order. The Community Relations committee, under the aegis of the Department of Commerce, will serve primarily as a consulting board but also will figure in the negotiation of local problems. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-DC-8D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, August 18, 1964, August 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Citizens Committee for Community Relations (U.S.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Presidents--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: United States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31434; 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-31434
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349199

Title: Leader in inter-racial living.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: #882 LEADER IN INTER-RACIAL LIVING Mrs. Harper Sibley, of Rochester, N.Y., president of the United Council of Church Women, who refuses to take part in any meeting of that group if it is held in cities where all facilities are not available to persons of all races and creeds. At the latest conference of the United Council of Church Women, just closed at Washington, D.C., Mrs. Sibley lived at the headquarters offices of the National Council of Negro Women. She is shown at a desk in the building making plans for the day’s sessions, which were held at the First Congregational Church in Washington.
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sibley, Georgiana Harper., United Council of Church Women--Congresses., National Council of Negro Women.
Topical Subject(s): Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 882; 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_882
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358888

Title: Freedom Riders start jail terms in Florida.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31371 FREEDOM RIDERS START JAIL TERMS IN FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Eight white and Negro clergymen arrested in 1961 in a sit-in integration attempt at a Tallahassee, Fla., airport restaurant went to jail there after three years of unsuccessful appeals. They chose 60-day sentences rather than paying $500 fines after Federal Court turned down a new appeal. Their case earlier went up to the U.S. Supreme Court but that tribunal refused to hear it. Denial of the appeal generally was on technical grounds. The clergymen, from left to right, are: the Rev. John W. Collier, pastor of Israel Memorial African Methodist Episcopal church, Newark, N.J.; the Rev. A. McRaven Warner, executive secretary of the Manhattan Division of the Protestant Council of the City of New York; Rabbi Martin Freedman of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, Paterson, N.J.; the Rev. Arthur L. Hardge of Hood Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, Providence, R.I.; Rabbi Israel Dressner of Temple Sharey Shalom, Springfield, N.J.; the Rev. Robert J. Stone of New York, assistant executive director of the Commission on Religion and Race of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, professor at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal., and nationally known United Presbyterian theologian who was a delegate observer at the second session of the Vatican Council; and the Rev. Petty D. McKinney of St. Phillip's AME Zion church, Nyack, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-8B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, August 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Collier, John W., Israel Memorial AME Church (Newark, N.J.), Protestant Council of the City of New York., Warner, A. McRaven., Freedman, Martin., Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun (Paterson, New Jersey), Hardge, Arthur L., Hood Memorial African Methodist Episcopal (Providence, R.I.), Dresner, Israel S., Stone, Robert John, 1919-, Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001., McKinney, Petty D., Temple Sha’arey Shalom (Springfield, Union County, N.J.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., St. Phillip's AME Zion Church (Nyack, N.Y.), Stanford University--Faculty., United States. Supreme Court.
Topical Subject(s): Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tallahassee., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Arrest--Florida--Tallahassee.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Tallahassee., Florida, Tallahassee., Tallahassee (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Leon--Tallahassee
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31371; 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-31371
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349190

Title: Alabama archbishop orders Catholic school integration.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30947 ALABAMA ARCHBISHOP ORDERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL INTEGRATION MOBILE, Ala. -- Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, has ordered integration of all Catholic elementary and high schools in his diocese beginning in September. Announced in a pastoral letter read in diocesan churches, the order will affect parochial schools in Alabama and 11 counties of West Florida. Alabama has about 25,000 students in 80 Catholic elementary and 13 secondary schools, with about 5,000 Negroes. Archbishop Toolen urged all his faithful to “accept this decision as best for God and country.” He stressed that “no matter what personal feelings are, the common good of all must come first.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Toolen, Thomas J., 1886-1976., Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Alabama--Mobile., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., School integration--Alabama., Catholic schools--Alabama., School integration--West Florida., Catholic schools--West Florida., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Mobile., Alabama., Alabama., West Florida., West Florida., Alabama., West Florida., Mobile (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Mobile--Mobile
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-30947; 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-30947
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348351

Title: National evangelical group meets.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30856 NATIONAL EVANGELICAL GROUP MEETS CHICAGO -- Evangelist Billy Graham (left) addresses some 1,800 delegates at the National Association of Evangelicals’ annual meeting in Chicago. The noted Southern Baptist minister called on evangelical leaders to assume greater responsibility in solving the nation’s racial crisis. Behind him as he spoke was a banner with the meeting’s general theme, “Evangelicals Unashamed,” and a bi-racial choir. Right photo shows Dr. Jared F. Gerig of Fort Wayne, Ind., elected president of the NAE, which represents more than 40 conservative denominations with some 2,000,000 members. Dr. Gerig is president of Fort Wayne Bible College and a former head of his denomination, the Missionary Church Association. As NAE president, he succeeds Dr. Robert A. Cook, head of the King’s College, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NAE-4C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., United States., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; 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-30856
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348331

Title: NCCJ leaders confer with President Johnson.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31467 NCCJ LEADERS CONFER WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Full National Conference of Christians and Jews support for governmental efforts to ease racial tension and implement provisions of the anti-poverty program was pledged to President Johnson by Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, NCCJ president, at a White House meeting. Dr. Jones, (at the President's right), was accompanied by Dr. Sterling Brown (left), Conference executive vice-president, and Presidential Consultant Brooks Hays. Mr. Hays, who also was a consultant to the late President Kennedy, is a former Congressman from Arkansas and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mr. Hays served as last year's chairman of Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the NCCJ. Dr. Jones announced after the White House meeting that this year's Brotherhood Week chairman will be Mitch Miller, popular bandleader and television personality. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Brown, Sterling., Hays, Brooks., Southern Baptist Convention.
Topical Subject(s): Political consultants--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31467 ; 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-31467
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349202

Title: Study interracial techniques.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #C-4508 STUDY INTERRACIAL TECHNIQUES MARATHON, Wis. -- Students of interracial problems gather on the grounds of St. Joseph’s farm near here to discuss the techniques developed by leaders of the Friendship House settlements in the Negro districts of New York and Chicago. St. Joseph’s is a rural adjunct of Friendship House. Here Miss Ann Harrigan, Chicago branch director, is conducting a class, itself an interracial group. Seated in front of Miss Harrigan, with writing pad in hand, is Miss Mary Fregeau, dean of the school. In the rear are the Rev. Daniel M. Cantwell, professor of history and sociology, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.; Mrs. Catherine de Hueck Doherty, founder of the Friendship House movement, and Miss Monica Durkin, St. Joseph’s director. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HRM-M-WIS-MES-9C-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Randolph, Hampton. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Friendship House., Harrigan, Ann., Frégeau, Mary., Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-, Catholic Church--Clergy., University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary--Faculty., Doherty, Catherine de Hueck, 1896-1985., Durkin, Monica., St. Joseph’s Farm (Marathon County, Wis.)
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Outdoor education--Wisconsin--Marathon County., Christian education, Outdoor--Wisconsin--Marathon County.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Marathon County., Wisconsin, Marathon County., Marathon County (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Marathon--Marathon
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4508; 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-4508
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360309

Title: Protestant youth work for interracial amity.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4617 PROTESTANT YOUTH WORK FOR INTERRACIAL AMITY NEW YORK -- The Christian Youth Council, sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York, is carrying on a program to unite local church youth work throughout the city with special emphasis on interracial cooperation. Here members of the group are preparing promotional literature for mailing to Protestant church youth. LEFT TO RIGHT are Isabelle Wetzelberger, Charles Farrow, Yolanda Lacker, John S. Wood, Jeanne White, Mrs. Leona Evans, director, Alberta Doskocil, Albina Doskocil, Carl Flemister and Peggy Eismann. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JEC-NY-MES-10B-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Hansen, A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Churches of the City of New York., Wetzelberger, Isabelle., Farrow, Charles., Lacker, Yolanda., Wood, John S., White, Jeanne., Evans, Leona., Doskocil, Alberta., Doskocil, Albina., Flemister, Carl., Eismann, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Youth in church work--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4617; 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_S-4617
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360334

Title: McPeek addresses race relations session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1329 MCPEEK ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of the Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches (standing), speaking at the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Miss Helen Fuller, Washington editor of the New Republic magazine; Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. 12/5/45
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., United States., United States, 20th century., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1329; 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_1329
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356965

Title: Addresses race relations session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION #S-1317 NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches, (standing) addresses the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-5-D-W-O)
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., United States., United States, 20th century., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1317; 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_S-1317
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357019

Title: White.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1327 WHITE NEW YORK -- Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (standing), is shown addressing the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated at Mr. White’s right are Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, secretary of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC, and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College. 12/5/45
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., White, Walter, 1893-1955., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., United States., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1327; 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_1327
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356964

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, July 29, 1964, July 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349375

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Newspaper clipping from The New York Times covering the same event, featuring a slightly different version of photo file image.
Creator Name(s): New York Times Company. (author), Brower, Arthur. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349311

Title: Dr. King, other Negro leaders, ask broad curtailment of demonstrations.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 30, 1964, July 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31355_05
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349415

Title: President addresses new Community Relations Committee.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964, August 18, 1964, August 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Citizens Committee for Community Relations (U.S.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Presidents--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31434; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31434_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349315

Title: Three faiths map fight on racial discrimination.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hatcher, Eugene C., Episcopal Church--Bishops., African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Burroughs, Nelson M., Whealon, John F., Catholic Church. Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio), Silver, Daniel Jeremy., Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30717; 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-30717_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353592

Title: Clergymen jailed rather than pay fine.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (author)
Date Created: 1964, August 3, 1964, August 3, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Collier, John W., Israel Memorial AME Church (Newark, N.J.), Protestant Council of the City of New York., Warner, A. McRaven., Freedman, Martin., Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun (Paterson, New Jersey), Hardge, Arthur L., Hood Memorial African Methodist Episcopal (Providence, R.I.), Dresner, Israel S., Stone, Robert John, 1919-, Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001., McKinney, Petty D., Temple Sha’arey Shalom (Springfield, Union County, N.J.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., St. Phillip's AME Zion Church (Nyack, N.Y.), Stanford University--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Freedom Rides, 1961., Courts of last resort--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tallahassee., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Arrest--Florida--Tallahassee.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31371; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31371_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349322

Title: Photos-Religious News Service.
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; 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-30856_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348497

Title: Bible College president named to lead evangelicals.
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; 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-30856_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348664

Title: Protestant youth work for interracial amity.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Hansen, A. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Churches of the City of New York., Wetzelberger, Isabelle., Farrow, Charles., Lacker, Yolanda., Wood, John S., White, Jeanne., Evans, Leona., Doskocil, Alberta., Doskocil, Albina., Flemister, Carl., Eismann, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Youth in church work--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4617; 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_S-4617_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360233

Title: White condemns Truman.
Description: Image of caption with original draft readable under the edits.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., White, Walter, 1893-1955., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1327; 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_1327_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356834

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