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Title: James Forman burns court order.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Date Created: 1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds526
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4951

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: Large NCC delegation marches in Washington.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29808; 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-29808_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357965

Title: Large NCC delegation marches in Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29808 LARGE NCC DELEGATION MARCHES IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the large Protestant contingents in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom moved under the banner of the National Council of Churches. The group was led by Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, at left, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race, which played a key role in organizing the demonstration and stimulating participation by churchmen and women. With Dr. Spike is the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a leader of the National Baptist Convention of American and a vice president-at-large of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29808; 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-29808
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358096

Title: Black Manifesto and responses, 1969.
Description: Transcript of the Black Manifesto delivered by James Forman at the National Black Economic Development Conference in Detroit, Michigan on April 26, 1969, and responses to it made by religious leaders, including Gayraud Wilmore and the National Committee of Black Churchman.
Creator Name(s): Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-. (author), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author), Ramage, David. (author)
Date Created: 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), Forman, James, 1928-2005., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Flemming, Arthur S. (Arthur Sherwood), 1905-1996., National Committee of Black Churchmen., McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 13, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): rg301-9_b13_f5
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:177660

Title: Johnson meets with churchmen.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, December 9, 1963, December 9, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30357; 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-30357_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352827

Title: President Johnson, NCC leaders discuss civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30357 PRESIDENT JOHNSON, NCC LEADERS DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A strong stand in favor of civil rights legislation by the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly at Philadelphia was followed by an invitation from President Lyndon B. Johnson for NCC leaders to meet with him and discuss measures to expedite passage of the pending bill. With the President are J. Irwin Miller, Columbus, Ind., Disciples of Christ layman who retired as NCC president (seated, left), and his successor, Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (seated, center), and, standing left to right: Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop B. Julian Smith of Chicago, Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dr. Spike is executive director and Bishop Smith and Dr. Blake are vice chairmen of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NC-12B-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 9, 1963, December 9, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30357; 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-30357
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352934

Title: Catholic council honors Protestant civil rights leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30501 CATHOLIC COUNCIL HONORS PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CHICAGO -- An awards dinner of the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago, where Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., was honored for civil rights leadership, was described as "one of the most important examples of the ecumenical movement on the local level." Auxiliary Bishop Raymond P. Hillinger of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (right) presents the first John F. Kennedy Award to Dr. Blake. Other participants in the dinner included the Rev. Ulysses B. Blakeley, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chicago, who said grace, and Rabbi Irving J. Rosenbaum of the Chicago Loop Synagogue, who delivered the benediction. Dr. Blake, a leader of the National Council of Churches' anti-discrimination effort and a personal participant in integration demonstrations, called on American religious groups to recognize their responsibility to lead the first fight against racial injustice. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-C-ID-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Hillinger, Raymond P., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.), Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.)--Congresses., Catholic Church--Relations--Presbyterian Church., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights workers--United States., Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30501; 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-30501
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353836

Title: Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349843

Title: Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31197 RIGHTS BILL THANKSGIVING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the civil rights bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice. It was held on the lawn of the Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Other leaders in the service included Father John F. Cronin, assistant director, National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department (center of group at wall). Seated next to him (white robe) is Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal). In front of them (bending) is Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director, National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. The service was sponsored by the NCC, the NCWC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Theological Students Vigil for Civil Rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-6D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 10, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31197; 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-31197
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350278

Title: Lincoln watches over March on Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29805 LINCOLN WATCHES OVER MARCH ON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The spirit of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, was felt throughout the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than 200,000 demonstrated for civil rights in the nation’s capital, marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where a program highlighting demands for human equality was held. Beneath the famed statue of Lincoln here are, at left, the Rev. John W. Williams, a leader of the National Baptist Convention of America, and Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord of Washington, D.C. Both are vice presidents-at-large of the National Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues., Williams, John W., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29805; 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-29805
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358095

Title: Lunches for civil rights marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29791 LUNCHES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Interracial and interreligious -- that was the theme of a giant sandwich packaging program carried on by the National Council of Churches, which prepared 80,000 box lunches for participants in the civil rights march on Washington. Roman Catholic nuns joined Protestant and Orthodox volunteers in a 13-hour project carried out in the hall of Riverside Church in New York City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--Washington (D.C.), Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29791; 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-29791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358119

Title: Churchmen briefed before visiting Senators.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30956 CHURCHMEN BRIEFED BEFORE VISITING SENATORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protestant clergy and laymen who took part in a mass interreligious convocation in support of civil rights at Washington, D.C., receive suggestions for “follow-up” meetings with their Senators. Conducting the briefing session is Dr. Robert Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At extreme right is J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30956; 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-30956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348427

Title: Prayers for passage of civil rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30957 PRAYERS FOR PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Daily worship services to underscore religious demands that pending civil rights legislation be speedily passed were launched in the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill immediately after an interreligious convocation which brought more than 6,000 Protestants, Catholics and Jews to the nation’s capital [capitol]. Initial speakers at the services -- which were to continue until the civil rights bill is passed -- were (left) J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the National Council of Churches, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate executive director of the National Council’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-51-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Church of the Reformation (Washington, D.C.), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lee, James Oscar.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Prayer--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30957; 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-30957
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348428

Title: National Council of Churches staff employees.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963, August 15, 1963, August 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Hedgeman, Merritt., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Singing--New York (State)--New York., Music rehearsals--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29748; 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-29748_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357748

Title: NCC chorus rehearses for Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29748 NCC CHORUS REHEARSES FOR WASHINGTON MARCH NEW YORK -- “Freedom Songs,” which have become increasingly familiar across the nation with the accelerating pace of demonstrations for racial justice, were to have a place in the massive civil rights march on Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28. One musical group scheduled to take part in the demonstration was comprised of volunteers from the National Council of Churches staff in New York City. The chorus shown rehearsing above is lead [sic] by Merrill [Merritt] Hedgeman well-known concert artist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8D-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 15, 1963, August 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Hedgeman, Merritt., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Singing--New York (State)--New York., Music rehearsals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29748; 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-29748
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358089

Title: Students concerned with race, church mission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30434 STUDENTS CONCERNED WITH RACE, CHURCH MISSION ATHENS, Ohio -- Civil rights and the church’s mission were major concerns of 3,000 Protestant and Orthodox youths at the 19th Quadrennial Ecumenical Student Conference at Ohio University. Left photo shows two leaders at a session on the race question. They are Clarence Mitchell, director of the NAACP’s Washington office (foreground); and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. In right photo is the Very Rev. Alexander Schmemann, dean and chaplain of St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., who gave a series of lectures on the “Christian Mission for the Life of the World,” the conference’s main theme. Sponsors of the meeting were the NCC, World’s Student Christian Federation and National Student Christian Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-1A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Meyers, Fred. (contributor)
Date Created: 1963, circa December 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Mitchell, Clarence M. (Clarence Maurice), Jr., 1911-1984., Shmeman, Aleksandr, 1921-1983., St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, N.Y.)--Faculty., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Clergy., National Student Christian Federation--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Ohio University.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Athens., Ecumenical movement--Ohio--Athens., Clergy--Ohio--Athens., Christian college students--United States., College students--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Mission of the church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Athens., Ohio, Athens., Ohio, Athens., United States., United States., United States., Athens (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Athens--Athens
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30434; 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-30434
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352948

Title: Samuel Proctor.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Proctor, Samuel D., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): African American clergy--United States., African American civil rights workers--United States., African American educators--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. 31577; 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_31577
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349044

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