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Title: Edler Hawkins and Eugene Carson Blake press conference, 21 May 1964
Creator Name(s): Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977, Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Date Created: 1964, May 21, 1964, May 21, 1964
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1964-1965 : Hawkins)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
Physical Location: TAPE 502; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Press conference, 5/21/64 [sound recording]--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=181
Identifier (local): TAPE502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280934

Title: Arrest of Eugene Carson Blake, 1963.
Description: On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Date Created: 1963, 1963, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects: North America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: MOTION PICTURE A8, NEG A89; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Arrest of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake] [motion picture].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1639
Identifier (local): A89_ec_blake
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146310

Title: Ministers describe beating in Dixie Hotel : Rev. Alexander Stuart and Rev. Geddes Orman to the 176th General Assembly, and press conference afterwards.
Description: Recorded at the 176th General Assembly, UPCUSA, Oklahoma City, Okla., 5-24-64. Two white Presbyterian ministers from the Presbytery of Union relate how they were assaulted in their hotel room on the night of May 11th 1964 in Camden, Ala., following a meeting with representatives of four Black churches.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.), Stuart, Alexander Montgomery, 1926-, Orman, Geddes
Date Created: 1964, May 24, 1964, May 24, 1964
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Alabama.
Physical Location: TAPE 503; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Ministers describe beating in Dixie Hotel [sound recording] : Rev. Alexander Stuart and Rev. Geddes Orman to the 176th General Assembly, and press conference afterwards.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=178
Identifier (local): TAPE503
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287114

Title: Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.
Description: PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1958, September 4, 1958, September 4, 1958
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Montgomery., Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 22643; 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): ds2931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7465

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: In memoriam: a demonstration for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30299 IN MEMORIAM: A DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ST. LOUIS -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish agencies joined in St. Louis in a demonstration for civil rights which was dedicated as a memorial to the late President Kennedy. Quiet, prayerful, the demonstration saw 35,000 people take part in a walk through the city’s main streets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, November 24, 1963, November 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Missouri--St. Louis.
Geographic subjects: United States., Missouri, St. Louis., St. Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30299; 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-30299
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352982

Title: Rev. Robert Lyon Beech.
Description: [Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RT 746, Box 5, Social Corporate Ministries: Delta Ministries; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries. Office of Communications Records, 1966-1973.
Identifier (local): ds3143
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Council on Church and Race, circa 1965.
Date Created: 1965, circa 1965
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African Americans--Civil rights., Civil rights demonstrations.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 14, Folder 66; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): ds7402
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344031

Title: Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description: Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator Name(s): Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Date Created: 1983, July 19, 1983, July 19, 1983
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., North and Central America--United States--New Mexico--Rio Arriba--Abiquiu
Physical Location: RG 540, Box 200; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Advisory Council on Church and Society Records, circa 1916-2002.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-540
Identifier (local): Conversations_metz_rollins_tape_1_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344307

Title: Bishops' wives back integration: two jailed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30805 BISHOPS’ WIVES BACK INTEGRATION: TWO JAILED BOSTON -- Three wives of Protestant Episcopal bishops are shown as they boarded a plane in Boston enroute to Jacksonville, Fla., where they assisted in integration efforts. A Negro child wishes them bon voyage. Two of them were arrested in Jacksonville. At far right is Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, wife of the retired Episcopal Bishop of Central New York and mother of Massachusetts’ governor; she was arrested on March 31. At center is Mrs. John M. Burgess, wife of the Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts and first Negro bishop of the Church in the U.S. Mrs. Burgess was jailed March 30 by Jacksonville police when she sought service in a motel cocktail lounge. At left is Mrs. D.J. Campbell, wife of the former Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles. Mrs. Peabody, 72, said they took part in the segregation protest like any “three nice peaceful women.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 29, 1964, March 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peabody, Mary., Burgess, Esther Julia Taylor., Campbell, Hester Hocking., Episcopal Church.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--St. Augustine., Spouses of clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: United States., Florida, St. Augustine., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), St. Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30805; 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-30805
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348324

Title: Protestant civil rights march to Capitol.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31035 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH TO CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen from 41 states and the District of Columbia marched to the U.S. Capitol and petitioned the Senate for swift passage of a strong civil rights bill. The procession formed at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, where services urging an end to racial injustice were being held daily, and stopped briefly at the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the decision against public school segregation. The procession, which was followed by visits to Senators, was organized by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 18, 1964, May 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., 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-31035; 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-31035
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348432

Title: Murdered rights worker attended NCC sessions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31383 MURDERED RIGHTS WORKER ATTENDED NCC SESSIONS OXFORD, Ohio -- Andrew Goodman, 20-year-old New Yorker murdered in Mississippi with two other civil rights workers, is shown attending an orientation lecture at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, before going to the Southern state. The bodies of Mr. Goodman and his companions -- Michael H. Schwerner, 24, another white student from New York, and James E. Chaney, 21, a Meridian, Miss., Negro -- were found buried deep in a dam embankment near Philadelphia, Miss., where they disappeared June 21. All three had attended the advance training sessions at Oxford, conducted by the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 20, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964., Western College for Women., Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964., Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Violence against--United States., Training--Ohio--Oxford.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Ohio, Oxford., Oxford (Ohio), Philadelphia (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Butler--Oxford
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31383; 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-31383
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349195

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31238 HATTIESBURG RACE EFFORT CONTINUING HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Scenes of last January remained vivid in July, as the nation’s most comprehensive civil rights bill became law. Since minister, rabbis and Negroes of the community staged prolonged picketing in Hattiesburg, Miss., to protest voter registration practices an effort has been continued there on an interreligious, interracial basis to increase the number of registered Negro voters. The pattern of civil rights demonstrations across the nation is mirrored in the scenes here: a preparatory briefing in a local church (top left), prayer (top right) and petitioning God’s guidance through song, with hand’s linked to symbolize the united effort (bottom left) and peaceful picketing (bottom right). Local authorities, who initially permitted the demonstration within a specified area, later arrested nine United Presbyterian ministers and a Disciples of Christ clergyman on charges of disorderly conduct for having refused to follow police directions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-NY-7A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Ballis, George Elfie. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January-July 1964, January-July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Hattiesburg., United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31238; 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-31238
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350241

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31238 HATTIESBURG RACE EFFORT CONTINUING HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Scenes of last January remained vivid in July, as the nation’s most comprehensive civil rights bill became law. Since minister, rabbis and Negroes of the community staged prolonged picketing in Hattiesburg, Miss., to protest voter registration practices an effort has been continued there on an interreligious, interracial basis to increase the number of registered Negro voters. The pattern of civil rights demonstrations across the nation is mirrored in the scenes here: a preparatory briefing in a local church (top left), prayer (top right) and petitioning God’s guidance through song, with hand’s linked to symbolize the united effort (bottom left) and peaceful picketing (bottom right). Local authorities, who initially permitted the demonstration within a specified area, later arrested nine United Presbyterian ministers and a Disciples of Christ clergyman on charges of disorderly conduct for having refused to follow police directions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-NY-7A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Ballis, George Elfie. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January-July 1964, January-July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Hattiesburg., United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31238; 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-31238c
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350244

Title: Protestant civil rights procession.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 1964, May 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.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31056; 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-31056
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350194

Title: Delta Ministry posters.
Description: Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34159; 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): ds3097
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7369

Title: Presbyterian Church During the Civil Rights Movement, 1995, tape 3, side a
Description: Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1995
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020
Date Created: 1995, August 17, 1995, August 17, 1995
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movement., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 526, box 9, item 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Gayraud Wilmore papers, 1947-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-526
Identifier (local): rg526_b9_f10_sideA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345487

Title: Presbyterian Church During the Civil Rights Movement, 1995, tape 3, side b
Description: Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1995
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020
Date Created: 1995, August 17, 1995, August 17, 1995
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights mvoement., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 526, box 9, item 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Gayraud Wilmore papers, 1947-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-526
Identifier (local): rg526_b9_f10_sideB
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345488

Title: LBJ chats with Baptists.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976 (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (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. 30799; 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_30799
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348419

Title: Demonstrators pray before dispersing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31023 DEMONSTRATORS PRAY BEFORE DISPERSING CAMBRIDGE, Md. -- A Roman Catholic priest leads demonstrators in prayer at Cambridge, Md., as they prepare to disperse. The group, which included Protestant and Catholic clergymen, had gathered at the courthouse to protest the arrest of a demonstration leader, Mrs. Gloria Richardson, a Negro. Leading the prayers is Father Louis Jaramillo of the Catholic University of America. To his right is Brig. Gen. G. M. Gelston, commander of the Maryland National Guard forces, who ordered the group to leave the area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 13, 1964, May 13, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gelston, George Morris., Jaramillo, Louis., Richardson, Gloria, 1922-2021.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Cambridge., Prayer--Maryland--Cambridge., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Generals--Maryland.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Cambridge., Maryland, Cambridge., United States., Maryland., Cambridge (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Dorchester--Cambridge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-31023; 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-31023
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348327

Title: Baptists asked to support rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30786 BAPTISTS ASKED TO SUPPORT RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southern Baptist leaders hear President Johnson ask the support of denominational leaders for his civil rights program. Speaking in the Rose Garden outside his White House office, the chief executive said that “no group of Christians has a greater responsibility in civil rights than Southern Baptists.” Members of the Southern Baptist Convention, he said, “are part of the power structure in many communities of our land,” and he called for the clergy’s aid in securing Congressional passage of rights legislation. More than 150 clergymen and lay leaders of a SBC seminar on Christian leadership heard Mr. Johnson’s appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WN-3D-64-2)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 25, 1964, March 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (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-30786; 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-30786
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348422

Title: Rabbi beaten in Mississippi voter drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31274 RABBI BEATEN IN MISSISSIPPI VOTER DRIVE HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Segregationists wielding metal bars attacked Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld of Cleveland, Ohio, and two other white civil rights workers for their voter registration work with Negroes at Hattiesburg, Miss. He is shown leaving a hospital there after being treated for severe head and body injuries. The rabbi is accompanied (left) by the Rev. Charles W. Rawlings, director of the Cleveland Church Federation’s Office of Religion and Race. The Hattiesburg voter registration campaign, supervised by the National Council of Churches’ race commission, has been maintained since last winter on an interreligious basis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-7C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 11, 1964, July 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996., Rawlings, Charles W., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Rabbis--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Victims of violent crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Mississippi, Hattiesburg., Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31274; 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-31274
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350284

Title: Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31124 PHILADELPHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACT ON RACE PHILADELPHIA- Protestant and Roman Catholic bishops make public the first interreligious statement on racial justice and religious harmony ever issued in Philadelphia. Shown left to right are Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, head of the World Methodist Council; Catholic Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia; and Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Pennsylvania. The joint statement was also signed by local Baptist, Lutheran, Quaker, United Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Jewish leaders. For the first time in this city, many of them attended a Mass offered for racial and religious harmony by Archbishop Krol in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-6B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (photographer), Evening bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa June 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31124; 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-31124
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350271

Title: University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30532 UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS "WALK FOR RECONCILIATION" DETROIT, Mich. -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains and their assistants from Wayne State University conducted a "walk for reconciliation" through downtown Detroit, Mich., to express an "ecumenical imperative toward human solidarity" in all areas of life, particularly race relations. Prayers were offered at each stop on their route -- a store-front church, a theater, a campus religions [sic. religious] center and an apartment building. Participants included, from left to right: the Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Protestant Episcopal chaplain; William Jacobs, lay assistant at the university's Catholic Newman Center; Father Joseph Walsh, director of the Newman Center; Rabbi Max Kapustin of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and the Rev. William Hutchinson, Methodist, of the Wesley Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HW-D-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Detroit., Michigan, Detroit., United States., Detroit (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Wayne--Detroit
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30532; 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-30532
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353839

Title: Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31853 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WARRENTON, Va. -- Former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins (center), director of the Community Relations Service established by the Civil Rights Act, presides at a session during a four-day consultation at Warrenton, Va., where some 150 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen discussed ways to implement the Civil Rights Act and the new anti-poverty program. Sharing the speakers’ table are Dr. Robert W. Spike (right), executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate director of the NCC commission. The consultation was sponsored by the NCC, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Community Relations Service., Collins, LeRoy., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Lee, James Oscar., Synagogue Council of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Warrenton (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Fauquier--Warrenton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31853; 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-31853
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356684

Title: NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description: Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator Name(s): Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31163; 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): ds3169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7199

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen participate in a morning prayer service.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3166
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7161

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen meet in a local church.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3167
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7064

Title: March leaders confer with president.
Description: ..The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29807; 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): ds3219
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7220

Title: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Description: The March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. Man farthest from the left, front row, is Jon Regier, head of the Division of Christian Life and Mission [of the National Council of Churches of Christ], a key NCC official supporting all civil rights actions of the Council.
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Regier, Jon L., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
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.
Identifier (local): ds3156
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7066

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