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Title: Connecticut clergymen tour Baptist headquarters.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation., Clergy--Connecticut., African American clergy--Connecticut.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30518; 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-30518_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353608

Title: Connecticut clergymen tour Baptist headquarters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30518 CONNECTICUT CLERGYMEN TOUR BAPTIST HEADQUARTERS VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- Eight Connecticut Baptist clergymen, including six Negro parish pastors, toured American Baptist Convention headquarters in Valley Forge, Pa., where they were briefed on the worldwide program of the denomination. The visitors (seated, l. to r.) were the Rev. Samuel J. Williams, Calvary Baptist church, South Norwalk; the Rev. Nicholas Titus, executive secretary of the Connecticut Baptist Convention, Hartford; the Rev. William M. Philpot, Community Baptist church, New Haven; and (standing) the Rev. William Ortolf, director of Christian Education with the Connecticut Baptist Convention, Hartford; the Rev. Carl Taylor, Union Baptist church, Hartford; the Rev. Wyatt Minton, Bridgeport; the Rev. Richard H. Woods, Grace Baptist church, South Norwalk; and the Rev. Charles Sargent, Union Baptist church, Stamford. The Negro pastors' churches are dually associated with the ABC and the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AB-VF-1D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Etter, Dale. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January 20-21, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Baptist Convention., Williams, Samuel J., Calvary Baptist Church (Norwalk, Conn.), Titus, Nicholas., Connecticut Baptist Convention., Philpot, William M., Community Baptist Church (New Haven, Conn.), Ortolf, William., Taylor, Carl., Union Baptist Church (Hartford, Conn.), Minton, Wyatt., Woods, Richard H., Grace Baptist Church (Norwalk, Conn.), Sargent, Charles., Union Baptist Church (Stamford, Conn.), National Baptist Convention of the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation., Clergy--Connecticut., African American clergy--Connecticut.
Geographic subjects: Connecticut., Connecticut., Valley Forge (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Chester--Valley Forge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30518; 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-30518
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353782

Title: Heads college student council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30875 HEADS COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCIL PHILADLEPHIA -- Top student, top man in student government. Johnson E. Collins, 20, is the first Negro student to be elected president of the Student Council at 113-year-old St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia. A history major who holds the highest academic average in his class, Mr. Collins is also vice-president of the Junior Class. A native Philadelphian, he serves at Mass, is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and is active in seven extracurricular organizations at St. Joseph’s. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHI-4C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Schick, Jules. (photographer), Saint Joseph's College (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Saint Joseph's College (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Students., Saint Joseph's College (Philadelphia, Pa.), Collins, Johnson E., Jr.
Topical Subject(s): College students--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American college students--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., College student government--Elections.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-30875; 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-30875
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348392

Title: Principals at NCC first session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30314 PRINCIPALS AT NCC FIRST SESSION PHILADELPHIA -- Leading figures at opening session of the National Council of Churches’ triennial General Assembly stand before statue of Christ at stage of Philadelphia’s Convention Hall. Left to right: J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., NCC president; the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a NCC vice-president; the Rev. William D. Powell of Philadelphia, secretary of the assembly’s committee on arrangements; Frederick Mann, representing Mayor James Tate of Philadelphia; Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy of New York, NCC general secretary; the Rev. Edwin H. Tuller of Valley Forge, Pa., chairman of the assembly’s executive committee; the Rev. J. Quinter Miller of New York, the assembly’s executive committee; the Rev. J. Quinter Miller of New York, the assembly’s executive secretary; and Bishop John Wesley Lord of Washington, D.C., vice-president and vice-chairman of the NCC General Board. Theme of the assembly was “Servants of the Eternal Christ.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Williams, John Wesley., Powell, William D., Mann, Frederick., Tuller, Edwin H., 1913-2009., Miller, J. Quinter., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30314; 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-30314
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352929

Title: NCC holds Kennedy memorial service.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Baber, George Wilbur., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Memorial service., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30317; 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-30317_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352686

Title: NCC holds Kennedy memorial service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30317 NCC HOLDS KENNEDY MEMORIAL SERVICE PHILADELPHIA -- President Kennedy, who was to have addressed the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly in Philadelphia, was memorialized at a special service held at the sessions. Officiating at the service were, left to right, J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., outgoing NCC president; Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia, African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Bishop Baber read the litany and Dr. Blake led the worship service. It was attended by representatives of the NCC’s 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Baber, George Wilbur., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Memorial service., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30317; 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-30317
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352931

Title: Charred cross symbolizes racial protest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30969 CHARRED CROSS SYMBOLIZES RACIAL PROTEST PITTSBURGH -- More than 1,000 Methodists knelt, linked hands and sang “We Shall Overcome” as a charred cross -- burned by the Ku Klux Klan on the campus of predominantly Negro Tougaloo Southern Christian College near Jackson, Miss. -- is carried past the Pittsburgh Civic Arena where the denomination held its Quadrennial General Conference. The demonstration, against segregation in general as well as within the Methodist Church -- started at midnight with a prayer vigil and continued until Conference sessions were underway. The cross is carried by Austin Moore of Chicago, a student at the Mississippi college. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 2, 1964, May 2, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tougaloo College--Students., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Moore, Austin C., Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Topical Subject(s): Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., African American college students--Illinois--Chicago., Historically Black colleges and universities--Mississippi--Jackson., Universities and colleges--Mississippi--Jackson., College students--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Illinois, Chicago., Mississippi, Jackson., Mississippi, Jackson., Illinois, Chicago., Pittsburgh (Pa.), Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30969; 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-30969
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348405

Title: Burned cross, a symbol of protest.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, May 2, 1964, May 2, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tougaloo College--Students., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Moore, Austin C.
Topical Subject(s): Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., African American college students--Illinois--Chicago., Historically Black colleges and universities--Mississippi--Jackson., Universities and colleges--Mississippi--Jackson., College students--Illinois--Chicago.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30969; 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-30969_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348541

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