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Title: Religious groups support civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31068 RELIGIOUS GROUPS SUPPORT CIVIL RIGHTS PHILADELPHIA-Representatives of church groups demonstrate for racial justice at an “interreligious witness for civil rights” in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall Square. The meeting was attended by several hundred persons from about 25 cooperating religious groups. Aim of the demonstration was an early passage of the civil rights bill in Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-5E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 24, 1964, May 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31068; 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-31068
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350266

Title: Civil rights bill supporters at Independence Hall.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, May 24, 1964, May 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31068; 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-31068_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349900

Title: NCC delegates press for civil rights legislation.
Date Created: 1963, December 6, 1963, December 6, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Espy, R. H. Edwin., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30348; 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-30348_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352766

Title: NCC delegates press for civil rights legislation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30348 NCC DELEGATES PRESS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION PHILADELPHIA -- Two busloads of delegates and official visitors, a total of about 80 men and women, left the National Council of Churches’ triennial General Assembly at Philadelphia, Pa., on Dec. 6 for a one-day journey to Washington, D.C., to contact legislators and personally urge speedy passage of pending civil rights legislation. The trip followed Assembly approval of a resolution seeking accelerated Christian pressure on Congressmen to force the bill out of committee and onto the floor of the House of Representatives for debate. J. Irwin Miller, outgoing NCC president, (third from right, front row) greets Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop B. Julian Smith of Chicago and other travelers on their return to Philadelphia. Also welcoming the returning group (second from left) was Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race. Next to Bishop Smith, a vice chairman of the race commission, is Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, special projects coordinator for the commission, and to her right is Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-P-12B-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 6, 1963, December 6, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Espy, R. H. Edwin., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30348; 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-30348
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352933

Title: Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Description: Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Creator Name(s): Riley, G. (creator)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Liberty Bell Center (Philadelphia, Pa.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century., Liberty Bell.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20th century., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 32340; 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): ds3343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7274

Title: Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31124 PHILADELPHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACT ON RACE PHILADELPHIA- Protestant and Roman Catholic bishops make public the first interreligious statement on racial justice and religious harmony ever issued in Philadelphia. Shown left to right are Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, head of the World Methodist Council; Catholic Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia; and Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Pennsylvania. The joint statement was also signed by local Baptist, Lutheran, Quaker, United Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Jewish leaders. For the first time in this city, many of them attended a Mass offered for racial and religious harmony by Archbishop Krol in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-6B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (photographer), Evening bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31124; 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-31124
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350271

Title: NCCJ examines responsibilities in changing times.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31738 NCCJ EXAMINES RESPONSIBILITIES IN CHANGING TIMES PHILADELPHIA -- Some 130 officials of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, concerned with responsibility for the public order, met in Philadelphia to discuss the civil rights struggle, the urban crisis and the interreligious situation. Shown at a luncheon held in connection with a national staff meeting are from left: Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the NCCJ; and Philip Scharper, editor-in-chief of Sheed & Ward publishing house in New York, who spoke on the religious relevance to the temporal order. Dr. Jones said the purpose of the meeting was to “examine our responsibilities in the rapidly changing period in which we live.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-10D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa October 15, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31738; 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-31738
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356621

Title: CEF leaders greet Jewish philosopher.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31398 CEF LEADERS GREET JEWISH PHILOSOPHER PHILADELPHIA -- Officials of Citizens for Educational Freedom are shown as they greeted Dr. Will Herberg of Drew University, famed philosopher and author, at the CEF annual convention in Philadelphia. With him are Stuart Hubbell, left, a Catholic and prosecuting attorney of Travers City, Mich., who was elected president of the CEF, and Dr. Edwin H. Palmer of Westminster Theological Seminary, an independent Protestant school in Philadelphia. Dr. Palmer, a trustee of the group, won the annual CEF award for his contribution to the recognition of constitutional and civil rights of parents and children in church-related schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Z-NY-8C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): DiToro, A. Jack (Anthony J. "Jack") (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Herberg, Will., Hubbell, Stuart., Palmer, Edwin H., Drew University., Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Educational equalization--United States., Church schools--Law and legislation., Awards., Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31398; 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-31398
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349061

Title: Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (author)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31124; 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-31124_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349735

Title: Catholic editor addresses NCCJ meeting.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964, circa October 15, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J., Sheed and Ward (Firm)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Editors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31738; 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-31738_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356324

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