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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: LBJ chats with Baptists.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976 (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. 30799; 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_30799
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348419

Title: Baptists asked to support rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30786 BAPTISTS ASKED TO SUPPORT RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southern Baptist leaders hear President Johnson ask the support of denominational leaders for his civil rights program. Speaking in the Rose Garden outside his White House office, the chief executive said that “no group of Christians has a greater responsibility in civil rights than Southern Baptists.” Members of the Southern Baptist Convention, he said, “are part of the power structure in many communities of our land,” and he called for the clergy’s aid in securing Congressional passage of rights legislation. More than 150 clergymen and lay leaders of a SBC seminar on Christian leadership heard Mr. Johnson’s appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WN-3D-64-2)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 25, 1964, March 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30786; 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-30786
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348422

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: Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
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.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., 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-29813; 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-29813
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358124

Title: "Resurrection City."
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-37161 ‘RESURRECTION CITY’ WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Resurrection City” begins to take shape in Washington, D.C. It will be “home” for some 3,000 participants in the Poor People’s Campaign during their stay in the national capital. The site for the camp being set up by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is situated alongside the Reflecting Pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-5C-68-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, May 1968, May 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Tents--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-37161; 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-37161
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358339

Title: Solidarity Day.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37320 SOLIDARITY DAY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign line both sides of the Reflecting Pool and they fill the foreground at the Lincoln Memorial on Solidarity Day. Demonstrators gathered at the Washington Monument, in background, and moved in an orderly manner to the Memorial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6D-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 19, 1968, June 19, 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Picketing--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., 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-37320; 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-37320
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358348

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: Signs of the past.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use in connection with Brotherhood Week, Feb. 20-27 PC-49290 SIGNS OF THE PAST Like the Birmingham, Alabama, store they are located on, “colored” and “white” entrances have been abandoned in this country. But signs of the recent past such as these still remain to remind Americans that there is a long way to go towards achieving mutual respect. Brotherhood Week, a program of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in cooperation with schools, churches and synagogues, civic, service and community organizations, serves to remind us that “Brotherhood Begins with Respect.” Brotherhood Week will be observed for the 44th time from Feb. 20-27. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vernon Sigl (VS-NY-2A-77-DS)
Creator Name(s): Sigl, Vernon. (photographer)
Date Created: 1977, February 1977, February 1977
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--United States., Signs and signboards--Alabama--Birmingham., Brotherhood Week--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., United States., United States., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-49290; 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-49290
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358356

Title: The meaning of the Birmingham tragedy, 1963.
Description: Protestant Council of the City of New York panel discussion with James Baldwin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dr. Thomas C. Kilgore, Jr., focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. A program in the television series: Our Protestant heritage.
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Baldwin, James, 1924-1987., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects: United States--Race relations., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Birmingham (Ala.)--History--Bombardment--Sept. 15, 1963., North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Birmingham
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B295; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Meaning of the Birmingham tragedy [presented by] the Protestant Council of the City of New York.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1468
Identifier (local): B295_TheMeaningoftheBirminghamTragedy
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:71692

Title: God bless - whom? :
Description: Writer/narrator, Richard Goode ; director, Nancy Carter. Participants: Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, anon. Grand Dragons of the Ku Klux Klan, anon. Northern and Southern citizens. Presents the moral issues in the civil rights struggle with specific suggestions about what individuals can do.
Creator Name(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Goode, Richard. (narrator), Carter, Nancy. (director)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Galamison, , Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: Alabama., North and Central America--United States--Alabama
Physical Location: TAPE 761; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: God bless - whom? [sound recording] : radio documentary on religion and race.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=146
Identifier (local): tape761_GodBlessWhom
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116487

Title: Detroit billboard combat prejudice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: DETROIT BILLBOARD COMBAT PREJUDICE #s-c-3637 DETROIT -- The first of 26 posters aimed at combatting religious and racial prejudice is dedicated here by a group of Detroit religious leaders and laymen. The posters are sponsored by the Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-MES-5D-6-C-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation--Michigan--Detroit., Racism--Religious aspects., Civil rights--United States., Freedom of religion--United States., Billboards--Michigan--Detroit.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Detroit., Michigan, Detroit., United States., United States., Michigan, Detroit., Detroit (Mich.), United States, North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Wayne--Detroit
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-C-3637; 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-C-3637
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359603

Title: President speaks in spring setting.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, March 25, 1964, March 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30786; 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-30786_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348688

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

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