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Title: Priest arrested in civil rights cause.
Description: William Hogan of St. Martin's Catholic church, Chicago, is carried off by police in a civil rights demonstration protesting racial imbalance in the city's public schools.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, June 29, 1965, June 29, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Saint Martin Parish (Chicago, Ill.), Hogan, William.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Segregation in education--Illinois--Chicago., Public schools--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. C-32785; 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-32785
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151362

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: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. struck by a rock.
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966, August 5, 1966, August 5, 1966
Name Subject(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago, 20th century., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34625; 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): ds3344
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7010

Title: ERA March in Chicago.
Description: Part of a crowd of 25,000 marchers move along Chicago's lakefront in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, May 10, 1980, May 10, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Equal rights amendments--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. PC-53620; 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-53620
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147164

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

Title: Dr. Spike addresses United Church.
Description: View of the crowd as Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race, addresses the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Creator Name(s): United Church of Christ. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, ca. July 1-7, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ. General Synod., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Councils and synods--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32831; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32831
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151564

Title: Chicago in second school boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30654 CHICAGO IN SECOND SCHOOL BOYCOTT CHICAGO -- The study hall at integrated Tilden High School seemed almost empty as Chicago had its second one-day boycott of schools called by Negro civil rights groups to protest "de facto" segregation. More than 100 "freedom schools" were held, many of them in churches, for Negro students participating in the boycott. Teachers were volunteer college students and others qualified. The Chicago public school system has about 470,000 pupils, approximately 50 percent Negro. Absent from school on boycott day were some 172,350 children, according to the city's Board of Education. In the first boycott, Oct. 22, about 224,770 were reported out of classes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, February 25, 1964, February 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Samuel J. Tilden High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Boycotts--Illinois--Chicago., lcsh--Racial justice in education--Illinois--Chicago., Student movements--Illinois--Chicago., African American students--Illinois--Chicago., Students--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30654; 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-30654
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353858

Title: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Mr. Herman Holmes, Acting Director, National Black Economic Development Conference.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Holmes, Herman.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (14); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161351

Title: Methodists honor cardinal, rabbi, five others.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29820 METHODISTS HONOR CARDINAL, RABBI, FIVE OTHERS CHICAGO -- The Methodist Conference on Human Relations in Chicago presented award for national leadership in civil rights to a Catholic cardinal, a rabbi and five Methodists, including two bishops. Presentation was made by Bishop Charles Brashares of Chicago (center) and Bishop Matthew W. Clair, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (second from right). With them, holding their citations, are, left to right: Aaron Henry of Clarksdale, Miss., head of the NAACP Mississippi chapter; Bishop A. Raymond Grant of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Marion Downs, Los Angeles concert singer; Albert Cardinal Meyer, Catholic Archbishop of Chicago; Rabbi Julius Mark of New York; Miss Thelma Stevens of New York, an executive secretary of the Methodist Woman’s Division of Christian Service; and Bishop Charles F. Golden of Nashville, Tenn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9A-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Awards., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Brashares, Charles., Clair, Matthew W., Jr., Henry, Aaron., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Grant, A. Raymond., Downs, Marion., Catholic Church--Bishops., Meyer, Albert, 1903-1965., Mark, Julius, 1898-1977., Stevens, Thelma., Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman’s Division of Christian Service., Golden, Charles F.
Topical Subject(s): Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Women in church work--Illinois--Chicago., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29820; 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-29820
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358125

Title: National evangelical group meets.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30856 NATIONAL EVANGELICAL GROUP MEETS CHICAGO -- Evangelist Billy Graham (left) addresses some 1,800 delegates at the National Association of Evangelicals’ annual meeting in Chicago. The noted Southern Baptist minister called on evangelical leaders to assume greater responsibility in solving the nation’s racial crisis. Behind him as he spoke was a banner with the meeting’s general theme, “Evangelicals Unashamed,” and a bi-racial choir. Right photo shows Dr. Jared F. Gerig of Fort Wayne, Ind., elected president of the NAE, which represents more than 40 conservative denominations with some 2,000,000 members. Dr. Gerig is president of Fort Wayne Bible College and a former head of his denomination, the Missionary Church Association. As NAE president, he succeeds Dr. Robert A. Cook, head of the King’s College, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NAE-4C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., United States., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30856
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348331

Title: Photos-Religious News Service.
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30856_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348497

Title: Bible College president named to lead evangelicals.
Creator Name(s): National Association of Evangelicals. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 8, 1964, April 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., National Association of Evangelicals., Gerig, Jared F., 1907-, Missionary Church Association--Clergy., Southern Baptist Conference--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelicalism--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30856; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30856_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348664

Title: A study in non-study.
Creator Name(s): Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, February 25, 1964, February 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Samuel J. Tilden High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Boycotts--Illinois--Chicago., lcsh--Racial justice in education--Illinois--Chicago., Student movements--Illinois--Chicago., African American students--Illinois--Chicago., Students--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30654; 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-30654_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353525

Title: Methodists honor cardinal, rabbi, five others.
Creator Name(s): Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (author)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Awards., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Brashares, Charles., Clair, Matthew W., Jr., Henry, Aaron., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Grant, A. Raymond., Downs, Marion., Catholic Church--Bishops., Meyer, Albert, 1903-1965., Mark, Julius, 1898-1977., Stevens, Thelma., Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman’s Division of Christian Service., Golden, Charles F.
Topical Subject(s): Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Women in church work--Illinois--Chicago., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29820; 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-29820_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357824

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