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Title: Catholic council honors Protestant civil rights leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30501 CATHOLIC COUNCIL HONORS PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CHICAGO -- An awards dinner of the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago, where Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., was honored for civil rights leadership, was described as "one of the most important examples of the ecumenical movement on the local level." Auxiliary Bishop Raymond P. Hillinger of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (right) presents the first John F. Kennedy Award to Dr. Blake. Other participants in the dinner included the Rev. Ulysses B. Blakeley, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chicago, who said grace, and Rabbi Irving J. Rosenbaum of the Chicago Loop Synagogue, who delivered the benediction. Dr. Blake, a leader of the National Council of Churches' anti-discrimination effort and a personal participant in integration demonstrations, called on American religious groups to recognize their responsibility to lead the first fight against racial injustice. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-C-ID-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Hillinger, Raymond P., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.), Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.)--Congresses., Catholic Church--Relations--Presbyterian Church., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights workers--United States., Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30501; 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-30501
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353836

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: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30651 CHURCH SERVICES PLANNED TO PRESS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BALTIMORE, Md. -- If the pending civil rights bill hasn't been passed by Easter, daily worship services to express support of the legislation will begin in Washington, D.C. churches in the following week, it was announced at a meeting of the General Board of the National Council of Churches at Baltimore. Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Anna Hedgeman, director of special events for the commission, called for the services by Protestant and Orthodox churches. They said other religions may join in sponsoring the worship and prayer demonstration, participating in an initial mass meeting and then holding their own services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353817

Title: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353556

Title: University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30532 UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS "WALK FOR RECONCILIATION" DETROIT, Mich. -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains and their assistants from Wayne State University conducted a "walk for reconciliation" through downtown Detroit, Mich., to express an "ecumenical imperative toward human solidarity" in all areas of life, particularly race relations. Prayers were offered at each stop on their route -- a store-front church, a theater, a campus religions [sic. religious] center and an apartment building. Participants included, from left to right: the Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Protestant Episcopal chaplain; William Jacobs, lay assistant at the university's Catholic Newman Center; Father Joseph Walsh, director of the Newman Center; Rabbi Max Kapustin of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and the Rev. William Hutchinson, Methodist, of the Wesley Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HW-D-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Detroit., Michigan, Detroit., United States., Detroit (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Wayne--Detroit
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30532; 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-30532
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353839

Title: Methodist cover story.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31702 METHODIST COVER STORY The new format of the Michigan Christian Advocate, introduced in its Oct. 8 issue, featured a cover photograph of Pope Paul VI’s meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Baptist minister and integration leader. Official newsmagazine for Methodists in Michigan and now in its 90th year, the Advocate is one of many influential Protestant publications whose news columns are ecumenical in the sense that all phases of Christian work, Protestant and Catholic, are covered. In this picture, the Pope and Dr. King are flanked by Msgr. Paul C. Marcinkus of Chicago and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy of Atlanta, Ga. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-10C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Marcinkus, Paul Casimir, 1922-2006., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.)
Topical Subject(s): Baptists--Clergy., Magazine covers--Michigan., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement., African American civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., Popes., Periodicals--Publishing--Michigan.
Geographic subjects: Michigan., United States., United States., Michigan., Michigan., North and Central America--United States--Michigan
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31702; 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-31702
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356529

Title: First New York conference on religion and race.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30652 FIRST NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND RACE NEW YORK -- More than 2,000 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen took part in the first Metropolitan New York Conference on Religion and Race, an all-day session which ended with an interreligious call for an end to prejudice in areas of civil rights, education, housing, employment, health and welfare and the inner life of church and synagogue. Honorary chairmen of the Conference included, from left to right: Dr. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, Episcopal clergyman and president of the Protestant Council of the City of New York; Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and Rabbi Max Schenk, president of the New York Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, February 25, 1964, February 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hotel Americana (New York, N.Y.), Metropolitan New York Conference on Religion and Race (1964 : New York, N.Y.), Kinsolving, Arthur Lee., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Schenk, Max., New York Board of Rabbis.
Topical Subject(s): Conferences and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30652; 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-30652
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353857

Title: University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Detroit Free Press.
Creator Name(s): Detroit Free Press Co. (publisher), Ward, Hiley H. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30532; 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-30532_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353675

Title: Good Neighbor Pledges asked in Cleveland churches.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Faist, Russell L. (author)
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
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31592_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349295

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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