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Title: New York rights groups stage school boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30553 NEW YORK RIGHTS GROUPS STAGE SCHOOL BOYCOTT NEW YORK -- The Rev. Milton A. Galamison, center, Presbyterian pastor from Brooklyn, headed a drive which resulted in a massive boycott of public schools in New York City on Feb. 3. The Negro civil rights leader is shown here at a press conference with representatives of the National Association for Puerto Rican Civil Rights -- Gilberto G. Valentina and Irma V. Santaella. The boycott planners declared that a School Board plan for integration was inadequate and that the demonstration would be held. Several hundred "freedom schools" were established, mainly in churches, for the many thousand youngsters staying away from their regular classes for the day. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 31, 1964, January 31, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Valentina, Gilberto G., Santaella, Irma V., National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (U.S.), New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
Topical Subject(s): Press conferences--New York (State)--New York., School integration--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Women civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30553; 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-30553
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353846

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

Title: "Freedom Schools" held for boycotting students.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30567 "FREEDOM SCHOOLS" HELD FOR BOYCOTTING STUDENTS NEW YORK -- Several hundred "Freedom Schools," most of them located in Protestant churches, were established throughout New York City during the boycott held in protest to racial imbalance in the public schools. Here, at Grace Congregational church in Harlem, the Freedom School class was composed of Negro and Puerto Rican students; many white students also took part in the boycott and most Freedom School classes were well integrated. Instruction was concentrated on the meaning of the civil rights effort, but also included other subjects and recreation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 3, 1964, February 3, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Grace Congregational Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Racial justice in education--New York (State)--New York., Student movements--New York (State)--New York., Students--New York (State)--New York., African American students--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., 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. P-30567; 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-30567
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353800

Title: Arrested at A&P offices.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-41279 ARRESTED AT A&P OFFICES NEW YORK -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, national director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Operation Breadbasket, gives a clenched fist salute from a police van after he and 11 other clergymen were arrested in the building housing the national offices of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Operation Breadbasket is conducting a national campaign against the food chain, which they claim discriminates in the hiring of blacks. A&P denies the charges. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-2A-71-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971, February 2, 1971, February 2, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Operation Breadbasket (U.S.), Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Discrimination in employment., Police--New York (State)--New York., Arrest--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States, New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-41279; 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-41279
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358354

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