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Title: Civil rights march.
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.
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_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349710

Title: Protestant civil rights procession.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 1964, May 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31056; 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-31056
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350194

Title: Protestant civil rights procession.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 1964, May 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31056; 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-31056a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350195

Title: Senators welcome Protestant civil rights marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31057 SENATORS WELCOME PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.), right, and Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.), welcome some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen who marched to the Capitol to urge passage of the civil rights bill. The Minnesota legislator, floor manager for the bill, praised the march participants as “good citizens who come in the great American tradition of petition.” After brief ceremonies on the Capitol steps, the churchmen and women called on individual Senators. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 1964, May 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31057; 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-31057
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350196

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: Memento of rights struggle.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 2, 1964, July 2, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31241; 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-31241
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350282

Title: Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31197 RIGHTS BILL THANKSGIVING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the civil rights bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice. It was held on the lawn of the Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Other leaders in the service included Father John F. Cronin, assistant director, National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department (center of group at wall). Seated next to him (white robe) is Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal). In front of them (bending) is Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director, National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. The service was sponsored by the NCC, the NCWC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Theological Students Vigil for Civil Rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-6D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 10, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topical Subject(s): 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--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350278

Title: "Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York., Benediction--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29790; 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-29790
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358093

Title: Negro leaders confer with Attorney General.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31203 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Negro leaders met with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (center) to discuss racial strife in Mississippi and the reported disappearance of three civil rights workers in that state. They are Bishop Stephen Spottswood of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, board chairman of the NAACP (right); and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP. Hundred of volunteer students are expected to work in voter registration projects or teach Negroes in “freedom schools” this summer in Mississippi. Many of them are being trained at one-week orientation courses through efforts of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 24, 1964, June 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Attorneys general--United States., African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--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.), Washington (D.C.), Mississippi
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31203; 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-31203
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350279

Title: "Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29790; 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-29790a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358094

Title: Dick Gregory.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: Walther League Convention Sheraton Park Hotel July 28-Aug 1 Dick Gregory Noted entertainer & advocate of Civil Rights
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 28-August 1, 1964, July 28-August 1, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gregory, Dick., Walther League--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), African American actors--Washington (D.C.), Actors--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. TV-31095; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_TV-31095
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350299

Title: Bishop Stephen Spottswood.
Description: Detail of PC-31203.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 24, 1964, June 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31203; 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-31203a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350280

Title: Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topical Subject(s): 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--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349843

Title: At Justice Department meeting.
Date Created: 1964, June 24, 1964, June 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Attorneys general--United States., African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31203; 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-31203_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349651

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