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Title: Passing the Gavel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Louisville -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator's gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be moderator of the 900,000 member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination's 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set to other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1962. Credit Must Read: Religious News Service Photo. (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 1974, June 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service., Bottoms, Lawrence., Kraemer, Charles E. S., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Lawrence Bottoms Biographical Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=Mjg4Mw==
Identifier (local): ds6700
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281788

Title: For the promotion of better racial understanding.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #80 FOR THE PROMOTION OF BETTER RACIAL UNDERSTANDING Rutland, Vt…Some of the boys and girls from New York's Harlem section who spent two weeks vacation here as guests of a group organized to promote better racial understanding under the direction of the Reverend A. Ritchie Low of Johnson, Vt., and the sponsorship of the Vermont Church Council. The children are shown on the steps of the train waving good-bye. In the background is the Rev. Frank W. Grippin, pastor of the Methodist Church in Rutland, and president of the Vermont Church Council. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945, circa August 7, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Low, Alvah Ritchie., Vermont Church Council., Grippin, Frank W., United Methodist Church (Rutland, Vt.)
Topical Subject(s): Church work with African American youth--Vermont--Rutland., African American children--Vermont--Rutland., Children--Vermont--Rutland., Race relations--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Church work with children--Vermont--Rutland., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: Vermont, Rutland., Vermont, Rutland., Vermont, Rutland., Vermont, Rutland., Rutland (Vt.), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Vermont--Rutland--Rutland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 80; 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_80
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357651

Title: Passing the gavel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-45707 PASSING THE GAVEL LOUISVILLE -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator’s gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be elected moderator of the 900,000-member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination’s 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set two other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1963. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 18, 1974, June 18, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kraemer, Charles E.S., Bottoms, Lawrence., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Clergy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly--Congresses., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Kentucky--Louisville., Clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American Presbyterians--Kentucky--Louisville., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-45707; 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-45707
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360877

Title: Thelma Adair and President Ford, 1977.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: After Service. Washington, D.C. -- President Ford leaves Washington's National Presbyterian Church with Dr. Thelma Adair, moderator of the United Presbyterian Church, after attending the 31st annual Service of Intercession and Holy Communion held on the opening day of the Congressional session.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1977
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7236
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289481

Title: First Negro Catholic in N.C. county.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30711 FIRST NEGRO CATHOLIC IN N.C. COUNTY WADESBORO, N.C. -- A happy day for what is regarded to be America's smallest parish. Miss Barbara Joan Clark, a student nurse, becomes the first Negro Catholic in Anson County, N.C., as she is baptized by Father Ambrose F. Rohrbacher, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Wadesboro. Miss Clark, 20, chose St. Joan of Arc as her patron saint. Her sponsor is Mrs. Doria Foster Moore, who taught Barbara at the Lincoln Hospital Nursing School in Durham. Sacred Heart is the smallest parish in the least-Catholic state in the Union. It covers all of Anson County, which has a population of 24,962, of which 12,231 are Negroes. The county's Catholic population is 21 -- and Miss Clark was the 21st. Her baptism filled the church to capacity for the first time in its history -- largely with non-Catholic friends. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-NC-3B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 8, 1964, March 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Barbara Joan., Rohrbacher, Ambrose F., Sacred Heart Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), Foster Moore, Doria.
Topical Subject(s): African American Catholics--North Carolina--Wadesboro., Baptism--Catholic Church., Catholic converts--North Carolina--Wadesboro., Catholic women--North Carolina--Wadesboro.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Wadesboro., North Carolina, Wadesboro., North Carolina, Wadesboro., Wadesboro (N.C.), Anson County (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Anson--Wadesboro
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30711; 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-30711
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353748

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: Heads together.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #61450 HEADS TOGETHER…BIRMINGHAM The “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement get their heads together here just before releasing their statement that accord had been reached on their grievances. L-R: Martin Luther King, Jr; Fred Shuttleworth; Ralph Abernathy 5-10-63
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 10, 1963, May 10, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham., African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 61450; 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_61450
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358338

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