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Title: Service marks anniversary of death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description: At the end of a service marking the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the congregation of New York's Riverside Church, was led in singing "We Shall Overcome," by participants including, from left: Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young; Ms. Marion Hollingsworth, chairperson of the commemorative service; New York Judge Bruce Wright; the Rev. George Thomas, minister of outreach and institutional relations of Riverside Church; the church's pastor, Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.; Dr. Edward Lowe and Benjamin Lorick, both black Christian caucus leaders of the congregation and the Rev. Dr. Eugene Laubach, the church's coordinating minister.
Date Created: 1980, April 4, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Andrew, 1932-, Hollingsworth, Marion., Wright, Bruce, 1917-2005., Thomas, George., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Lowe, Edward., Lorick, Benjamin., Laubach, Eugene.
Topical Subject(s): Memorial service.
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Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53523; 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-53523
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148412

Title: The Normative and Pragmatic Factors in the Ethical Method of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1979, January 5, 1979, January 5, 1979
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shinn, Roger Lincoln., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American civil rights workers., Ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
Identifier (local): 21-0109_b4_008a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:174364

Title: Service marks anniversary of death of Martin Luther King, Jr., press release.
Date Created: 1980, March 18, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Andrew, 1932-, Wright, Bruce, 1917-2005., Thomas, George., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Laubach, Eugene., Hollingsworth, Marion., Britton, Ruth.
Topical Subject(s): Memorial service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , New York (N.Y.), , , , North and Central America--United States------New York--New York--New York----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53523; 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-53523_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149055

Title: The twelfth annual service in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., program.
Date Created: 1980, April 4, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Andrew, 1932-, Hollingsworth, Marion., Wright, Bruce, 1917-2005., Thomas, George., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Lowe, Edward., Lorick, Benjamin., Laubach, Eugene., Britton, Ruth.
Topical Subject(s): Memorial service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , New York (N.Y.), , , , North and Central America--United States------New York--New York--New York----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53523; 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-53523_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149181

Title: Dr. King hails arrests in Mississippi.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31907 DR. KING HAILS ARRESTS IN MISSISSIPPI NEW YORK -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hailed the arrest of 21 white men in Mississippi in connection with the slaying of three civil rights workers as a “first step toward justice” which renewed his faith in democracy. The Baptist clergyman and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his advocacy of nonviolence in the civil rights effort displays photographs of the three young men slain last June 21 near Philadelphia, Miss. They are (from left to right): Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa December 4, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Mississippi Freedom Project., Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964--Assassination., Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964--Assassination., Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Arraignment--Mississippi--Meridian., Press conferences--New York (State)--New York., Nobel Prize winners--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Meridian., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31907; 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-31907
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356692

Title: Negro leaders confer on demonstrations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31355 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER ON DEMONSTRATIONS NEW YORK--Negro leaders of four major civil rights groups called for a “broad curtailment” of mass demonstrations until after the Presidential election. Their appeal was issued following a meeting in New York. Shown around the conference table are from left, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Jack Greenberg, NAACP attorney; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; James Farmer, national director of CORE; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; and A. Philip Randolph, chairman of the Negro American Labor Council. Not all of the conference participants supported the appeal. Before the meeting, Dr. King conferred with Mayor Rober F. Wagner on ways to ease racial tensions and raise the economic status of Negroes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-7E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., African American civil rights workers., Forums (Discussion and debate)--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31355; 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-31355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349188

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