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Title: Mississippi civil rights inquiry opens.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32138 MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS INQUIRY OPENS JACKSON, Miss. -- A long-proposed inquiry into denial of voting rights and the administration of justice to Negroes in Mississippi was opened in Jackson by the six-member U.S. Civil Rights Commission, which includes Father Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), president of the University of Notre Dame. The sessions were called to order by Dr. John A. Hannah (second from left), commission chairman and president of Michigan State University. Other commission members shown are Dean Erwin N. Griswold of Harvard University’s Law School and Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman, associate general counsel of the St. Louis Housing and Land Clearance Authorities. Other members present, but now [sic] shown here, were Eugene Patterson, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and vice-chairman of the commission, and Robert S. Rankin of the department of political science at Duke University. One of the first witnesses to appear at the hearings was Mississippi Atty. Gen. Joe T. Patterson, who declared that state leaders were trying to deal with the civil rights issue “free of demagoguery.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 10, 1965, February 10, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Commission on Civil Rights., Hesburgh, Theodore M. (Theodore Martin), 1917-2015., Catholic Church--Clergy., University of Notre Dame--Faculty., Hannah, John A., 1902-1991., Michigan State University--Faculty., Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994., Harvard Law School--Faculty., Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018., Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (St. Louis, Mo.), Saint Louis County (Mo.). Housing Authority., Patterson, Eugene C. (Eugene Corbett), 1923-2013., Rankin, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1899-1976., Duke University--Faculty., Patterson, Joe T., 1907-1969.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Governmental investigations--United States., Civil rights--Mississippi--Jackson., Attorneys general--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Mississippi, Jackson., Mississippi., Jackson (Miss.), Mississippi, North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hinds--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32138; 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-32138
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355944

Title: Clergy lead civil rights Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31160 CLERGY LEAD CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Religious, labor and civil rights leaders from New York City came to the nation’s capital [capitol] for a March on Washington to urge early passage of the civil rights bill without “crippling amendments.” Some of the 1,200 marchers are shown arriving at Union Station. They went to Capitol Hill to meet with Congressmen and other government officials, held a prayer vigil at the Lincoln Memorial and a rally at the Washington Monument. Co-chairmen of the march were Father Edward T. Dugan of the Resurrection Catholic church, the Rev. Eugene Houston of Rendall Memorial Presbyterian church, and Rabbi Alfred L. Friedman of Union Temple of Brooklyn. The three clergymen serve as co-chairmen of the Committee on Race and Religion of New York’s Committee of Religious Leaders. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-6C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 15, 1964, June 15, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Committee of Religious Leaders of the City of New York., Dugan, Edward T., Catholic Church--Clergy., Houston, W. Eugene., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Friedman, Alfred L., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., 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--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31160; 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-31160
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350275

Title: Clergy pickets segregationist speakers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31033 CLERGY PICKETS SEGREGATIONIST SPEAKERS ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Priests and Brothers of the Washington, D.C., area picket a segregationist Southern governor. Carrying placards, the clergy demonstrated at a Rockville, Md., high school rally featuring Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama. Gov. Wallace, carrying his campaign into several Northern states, was on the Democratic ballot in the Maryland Presidential Primary. Noted Democrats, including Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, visited Maryland to oppose his segregationist views. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 16, 1964, May 16, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Rockville., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Governors--Alabama., Primaries--Maryland., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Rockville., Alabama., Maryland., Washington (D.C.), Rockville (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Montgomery--Rockville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31033; 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-31033
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348409

Title: Father Abbott heads LaFarge Institute.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31048 FATHER ABBOTT HEADS LAFARGE INSTITUTE For Release: Wed., May 27, or later NEW YORK -- Father Walter M. Abbott, S. J., associate editor of America, is director of the new John LaFarge Institute being launched in New York by the national Catholic weekly. The institute will promote the cooperation and fellowship “of all men of goodwill” in seeking to cope with inter-group and other community problems. Bottom photo shows Father LaFarge for whom the institute is named. The Jesuit priest, who died last November, is shown with African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father Abbott, prominent in the ecumenical movement, advocates a common Bible for all English-speaking Christians. Father LaFarge was a leader in the Catholic interracial and interreligious movements, as well as an editor of America. The institute’s board of advisers will include Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergymen and laymen. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BM-DC-5D-64-NAB)
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., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), United States., New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; 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-31048a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348421

Title: Father LaFarge takes part in Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29801 FATHER LAFARGE TAKES PART IN WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s top Catholic proponent of equal rights for all citizens, Father John LaFarge, S.J., of New York, was among the many prominent religious personages taking part in the momentous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father LaFarge, a founder of the Catholic Interracial Council movement and an associate editor of the national Catholic weekly magazine, America, chats before the Lincoln Memorial with a leading Negro churchman, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia. 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.), Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., LaFarge, John, 1880-1963., Catholic Interracial Council (New York, N.Y.), African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Editors--Washington (D.C.), Periodical editors--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), 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-29801; 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-29801
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358121

Title: Segregationist governor picketed by priest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30908 SEGREGATIONIST GOVERNOR PICKETED BY PRIEST INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, an avowed segregationist, is picketed by a Roman Catholic priest, Father Bernard Strange, as he campaigns in Indianapolis, Ind., for votes in the state’s Democratic Presidential primary. Father Strange is pastor of St. Rita’s church in that city. The states rights advocate has drawn sharp opposition from Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen in his anti-civil rights invasion of Northern states. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-I-4D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 20, 1964, April 20, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998., Strange, Bernard Lawrence., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Indiana--Indianapolis., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Primaries--Indiana., Political campaigns--Indiana--Indianapolis., Governors--Alabama.
Geographic subjects: Indiana, Indianapolis., Indiana., Indiana, Indianapolis., Alabama., Indianapolis (Ind.), North and Central America--United States--Indiana--Marion--Indianapolis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30908; 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-30908
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348340

Title: Priest joins students in anti-Wallace picketing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30820 PRIEST JOINS STUDENTS IN ANTI-WALLACE PICKETING LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Msgr. Anthony P. Wagener, editor of the Times-Review, weekly of the La Crosse diocese, and Neman Club chaplain at La Crosse State College (second right), joins students picketing a hall where Gov. George Wallace of Alabama was speaking. The Southern governor, an avowed segregationist, was campaigning for the Presidential Democratic nomination in Wisconsin’s primary election. After his talk, the pickets passed out a statement which said: “Regardless of what Gov. Wallace says here tonight, the actions of persons aligning themselves with segregation are unjust, inhumane and in defiance of Christian ethics and federal law.” While in this state, Gov. Wallace also was attacked by the Catholic Herald Citizen, weekly of the Milwaukee archdiocese, which labeled him the personification of “moral evil.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PJW-LC-4A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Whelan, Patrick J. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wisconsin State University (La Crosse)--Students., Wagener, Anthony P., Catholic Church--Clergy., Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--La Crosse., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Primaries--Wisconsin., Political participation--Wisconsin--La Crosse., Governors--Alabama.
Geographic subjects: United States., Wisconsin, La Crosse., Wisconsin., Wisconsin, La Crosse., Alabama., La Crosse (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--La Crosse--La Crosse
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-30820; 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-30820
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348346

Title: Priest asks prelate's removal.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31148 PRIEST ASKS PRELATE’S REMOVAL LOS ANGELES -- Father William H. DuBay, assistant at St. Albert the Great church, Compton, Cal., reported at a news conference that he had written Pope Paul VI to ask removal of James Francis Cardinal McIntyre as Archbishop of Los Angeles. The 29-year-old priest charged that the prelate had failed to speak out on the racial question. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-6B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, June 11, 1964, June 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., DuBay, William H., 1934-, Catholic Church--Clergy., McIntyre, J. Francis A. (James Francis Aloysius), 1886-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--California--Los Angeles., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Dissenters, Religious--California--Compton.
Geographic subjects: California, Los Angeles., United States., California, Compton., Los Angeles (Calif.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31148; 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-31148
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350141

Title: Alabama clergymen confer with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29929 ALABAMA CLERGYMEN CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Alabama clergymen who conferred with President Kennedy on the racial strife in Birmingham are shown as they arrived at the White House. Left to right, they are: Father Joseph C. Allen of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese; The Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor of First Baptist church, Birmingham; Rabbi Milton L. Grafman of Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham; Bishop Coadjutor George M. Murray of the Alabama Protestant Episcopal diocese; Methodist Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, whose jurisdiction includes the North Alabama Conference; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Durick of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-Wn-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, September 23, 1963, September 23, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Allen, Joseph C., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stallings, Earl., Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995., Murray, George M., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Durick, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1914-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Alabama., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Alabama., Washington (D.C.), Alabama, North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29929; 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-29929
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358132

Title: Blast damages integrated school.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29795 BLAST DAMAGES INTEGRATED SCHOOL BURAS, La. -- Our Lady of Good Harbor elementary school at Buras, La., which was boycotted last year by white pupils when it was integrated, has been heavily damaged by an explosion and fire. The parish pastor, Father Christopher Schneider, O.F.M., inspects the damage which shattered hopes for the school to be reopened this September. Investigators found three five-gallon gasoline cans on the roof of the school. One can still contained gasoline. A burned path about 50 feet long to the school indicated a fuse had been set and then lighted. Archbishop John P. Cody of New Orleans termed the blast “an outrage that must be deplored by every right-thinking person.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NS-NO-8E-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Schindler, Newell Hilary. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 27, 1963, August 27, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Schneider, Christopher., Catholic Church--Clergy., Our Lady of Good Harbor Elementary School (Plaquemine, La.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Arson--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish., School integration--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish., Clergy--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish., Racism--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish.
Geographic subjects: United States., Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish., Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish., Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish., Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish., Plaquemines Parish (La.), Plaquemines Parish (La.), North and Central America--United States--Louisiana--Plaquemines--Buras
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29795; 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-29795
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358050

Title: Chavez calls on cardinal.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-45946 CHAVEZ CALLS ON CARDINAL ST. LOUIS -- Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA), outlines his union’s struggle during a private meeting with Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis in the cardinal’s office. At center, with back to camera, is Msgr. John A. Shocklee, head of the St. Louis Catholic Commission on Human Rights. After the meeting, Cardinal Carberry said that he “encouraged Chavez in his efforts for justice.” Mr. Chavez was in St. Louis to address several religious groups and to promote the boycott of non-UFWA lettuce and grapes from California. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RJB-SL-8E-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Mo.) (publisher), Finke, Richard C. (photographer)
Date Created: 1974, August 16, 1974, August 16, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., United Farm Workers of America., Catholic Church--Bishops., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998., Shocklee, John A., 1917-, Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Labor leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis., Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., United States, 20th century., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-45946; 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-45946
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361202

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: San Francisco theme: Racial justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31465 SAN FRANCISCO THEME: RACIAL JUSTICE SAN FRANCISCO -- A former member of the Eisenhower cabinet, now chairman of the San Francisco interim [Interim] Committee on Human Relations, is shown as he addressed priests of the San Francisco archdiocese. James P. Mitchell, former Secretary of Labor, was the principal speaker at a conference on interracial justice held for clergy assigned to pastoral posts in Marin County, California. Seated in front row are Dohn [John] Delury, executive secretary of the archdiocesan Commission on Social Justice, left, and Terry Francois, past president of the San Francisco NAACP, who also addressed the group. Similar conferences on racial justice were held throughout the archdiocese at the direction of Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-SF-8E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Vano-Wells-Fagliano Photography, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31465; 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-31465
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349081

Title: Interreligious 'Good Neighbor' drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31592 INTERRELIGIOUS 'GOOD NEIGHBOR' DRIVE CLEVELAND -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders in Cleveland cooperated in a one-week drive to get church and synagogue members to sign a "Good Neighbor" pledge. The effort was sponsored by the interreligious Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race. Mayor Ralph S. Locher of Cleveland is shown signing a proclamation calling for the voluntary pledges. Looking on are from left, Father Vincent P. Haas, moderator, Catholic Interracial Council of Cleveland; the Rev. B. Bruce Whittemore, executive secretary, Cleveland Area Church Federation; and Rabbi Alan S. Green, Jewish Community Federation. The pledge, in part, states: "I will support the right of any law-abiding and responsible person of whatever race, religion or national origin to move into my neighborhood." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RLF-RR-9C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Hastings-Willinger & Associates (Cleveland, Ohio) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Locher, Ralph S., Haas, Vincent P., Whittemore, B. Bruce., Cleveland Area Church Federation., Green, Alan S., 1907-1989., Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Judaism and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Catholic Church.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31592; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31592
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349437

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