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- 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
- Heads together.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: #61450 HEADS TOGETHER…BIRMINGHAM The “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement get their heads together here just before releasing their statement that accord had been reached on their grievances. L-R: Martin Luther King, Jr; Fred Shuttleworth; Ralph Abernathy 5-10-63
- Creator Name(s)
- Religious News Service. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963, May 10, 1963, May 10, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham., African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 61450; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_61450
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358338
- Title
- Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
- Description
- Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
- Creator Name(s)
- Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
- Date Created
- 1963, June 3, 1963, June 3, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
- Identifier (local)
- rg95_b15_f6_morrison_jfk_1963
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:345260
- Title
- Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
- Description
- Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Creator Name(s)
- Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
- Date Created
- 1963, July 30, 1963, July 30, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., 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--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
- Identifier (local)
- rg95_b15_f6_blake_kilgore
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:345245
- Title
- Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
- Description
- Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Creator Name(s)
- Grosvenor, John H. (author)
- Date Created
- 1963, July 24, 1963, July 24, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
- Identifier (local)
- rg95_b15_f6_pby_washington_city_march_1963
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:345262
- 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
- Just before end of hunger strike.
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
- Date Created
- 1963, November 15, 1963, November 15, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Chapman, Paul Kingsley., Stagg, Paul L.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--North Carolina--Williamston., Jails--North Carolina--Williamston.
- Geographic subjects
- North Carolina, Williamston., United States., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., Williamston (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Martin--Williamston
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30225; 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-30225_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:352630
- Title
- Clergymen's fast integrates a jail.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-30225 CLERGYMEN’S FAST INTEGRATES A JAIL WILLIAMSTON, N.C. -- Hunger strike behind bars by two Northern ministers succeeded in integrating the facilities of the Martin County Jail at Williamston, N.C. The Rev. Paul Chapman of Boston, left, and the Rev. Paul Stagg of Valley Forge, Pa., were among 11 ministers arrested for marching in an anti-segregation demonstration with a Negro group. The clergymen began a fast to protest against segregation of Negro and white demonstrators in the jail; it ended when their jailors permitted integration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11D-63-W)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963, November 15, 1963, November 15, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Chapman, Paul Kingsley., Stagg, Paul L.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Williamston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--North Carolina--Williamston., Jails--North Carolina--Williamston.
- Geographic subjects
- North Carolina, Williamston., United States., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., North Carolina, Williamston., Williamston (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Martin--Williamston
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30225; 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-30225
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:352915
- Title
- Injunction served during racial prayer service.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29735 INJUNCTION SERVED DURING RACIAL PRAYER SERVICE CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- One of the few Clarksdale, Miss., white men to step inside the city’s First Baptist church during a prayer service for racial unity was a county deputy sheriff. He served an injunction on two of 36 ministers from several states who traveled to Clarksdale at the request of the National Council of Churches’ special Commission on Religion and Race. The injunction, while not applicable to the religious observance in the Negro church, was a sweeping ban against virtually all types of integration demonstrations. None of the approximately 20 white Clarksdale clergymen took part in the prayer service. The NCC commission and Clarksdale Negro ministers held the service in an effort to establish communication with local authorities. The injuction was handed here to the Rev. Brad Minturn, left, a Protestant Episcopal minister of Silver Spring, Md., and the Rev. Gerald Forshey, a leader of the Interracial Council of Methodists in Chicago, Ill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8C-63-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- 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., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Minturn, Brad., Forshey, Gerald Eugene, 1932-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Prayer--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Injunctions--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Clergy--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Sheriffs--Mississippi--Coahoma County.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Coahoma County., Clarksdale (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Coahoma--Clarksdale
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29735; 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-29735
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358085
- Title
- Procession opens racial prayer service.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29736 PROCESSION OPENS RACIAL PRAYER SERVICE CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- A bi-racial group of 36 ministers from 11 states and the District of Columbia joined Clarksdale, Miss., Negro clergymen in a prayer service for the “healing of Christ’s body torn apart by racial segregation.” The visitors went to the heavily-segregated city at the request of the National Council of Churches’ special Commission on Religion and Race, which has tried to open integration discussions with local authorities. The service in the Negro First Baptist church was preceded by a gathering of the clergymen in the nearby Haven Methodist church, also a Negro congregation. Leading a procession to the interracial service -- which drew only a handful of Clarksdale whites and no local white clergymen -- were Dr. Robert Dodds, right, of New York City, general director of planning for the NCC, and the Rev. C.D. Coleman of Memphis, Tenn., general secretary of the Board of Christian Education, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8C-63-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- 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., Dodds, Robert C., Coleman, C. D. (Coleman D.), Christian Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Clergy--Mississippi--Clarksdale.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Mississippi, Clarksdale., Clarksdale (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Coahoma--Clarksdale
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29736; 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-29736
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358086
- Title
- "Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. 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, circa 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. Commission on Religion and Race., 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--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29790; 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-29790a
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358094
- 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
- United Presbyterian Commission on Religion and Race.
- Description
- Outlines the purpose, composition, and authority of the newly formed UPCUSA Commission on Religion and Race.
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
- Identifier (local)
- rg95_b15_f6_commission_religion_race
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:345248
- 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
- Father Abbott heads LaFarge Institute.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: C-31048 FATHER ABBOTT HEADS LAFARGE INSTITUTE For Release: Wed., May 27, or later NEW YORK -- Father Walter M. Abbott, S. J., associate editor of America, is director of the new John LaFarge Institute being launched in New York by the national Catholic weekly. The institute will promote the cooperation and fellowship “of all men of goodwill” in seeking to cope with inter-group and other community problems. Bottom photo shows Father LaFarge for whom the institute is named. The Jesuit priest, who died last November, is shown with African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father Abbott, prominent in the ecumenical movement, advocates a common Bible for all English-speaking Christians. Father LaFarge was a leader in the Catholic interracial and interreligious movements, as well as an editor of America. The institute’s board of advisers will include Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergymen and laymen. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BM-DC-5D-64-NAB)
- 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., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
- Geographic subjects
- New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), United States., New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; 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-31048a
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348421
- Title
- Father LaFarge takes part in Washington March.
- Description
- Alternate caption for image originally filed as C-29801.
- Creator Name(s)
- Religious News Service. (author)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; 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-31048a_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348658
- 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
- Father LaFarge takes part in Washington march.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-29801 FATHER LAFARGE TAKES PART IN WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s top Catholic proponent of equal rights for all citizens, Father John LaFarge, S.J., of New York, was among the many prominent religious personages taking part in the momentous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father LaFarge, a founder of the Catholic Interracial Council movement and an associate editor of the national Catholic weekly magazine, America, chats before the Lincoln Memorial with a leading Negro churchman, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia. 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.), Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., LaFarge, John, 1880-1963., Catholic Interracial Council (New York, N.Y.), African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Editors--Washington (D.C.), Periodical editors--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), 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. PC-29801; 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-29801
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358121
- Title
- Photo highlights of 1963.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-30361 PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS OF 1963 For Release: Thursday, Dec. 26, or later LEFT PANEL Top Left: President Kennedy’s body is carried to funeral services and burial in Arlington Cemetery. In his short term, the young Chief Executive stemmed fears of a Roman Catholic in the White House and was widely hailed for moving the nation toward solution of its racial problem and, by personal example, for furthering under-standing among all religions. His assassination called attention to what numerous religious leaders described as a dangerous degree of hate, arrogance and prejudice and nationwide complacency. Top Right: Death of Pope John XXIII. Large crowds kept a death watch in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican City. For his concern for all men, for his “opening the window” to renewal of the Roman Catholic Church, the pontiff was eulogized by leaders of virtually all religions. Middle Left: Devotional prayer and Bible reading in public schools was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Most of the nation complied, though there was scattered objection in eastern states and outright refusal to stop school devotions in some Southern areas. Middle Right: A first National Conference on Religion and Race solidified the Protestant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Jewish thrust against discrimination and segregation. Leaders at the historic January meeting in Chicago included (from left) Archbishop William E. Cousins of Milwaukee, Wis., chairman of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference; J. Irwin Miller, then president of the National Council of Churches; Albert Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago; Dr. Julius Mark, then president of the Synagogue Council of America; Dr. Fred S. Buschmeyer, secretary of the United Church of Christ, and Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Bottom Left: A 16-member delegation from Russian Orthodox, Baptist, Lutheran, Armenian and Georgian Orthodox Churches visited the U.S. in March under auspices of the National Council of Churches. Bottom Right: Religion’s deepening role in the fight for racial justice was exemplified in the dramatic 210,000-strong “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” on Aug. 28. Participation by Protestants, Orthodox, Catholics and Jews exceeded all advance expectations. RIGHT PANEL Top Left: As at the first session, the 1963 second session of the Second Vatican Council featured attendance by Protestant and Orthodox delegate-observers. Pope Paul VI is shown here with (far right) Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, president of the World Methodist Council; to the Pope’s immediate right is Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, and next to Cardinal Bea, Dr. Oscar Cullman of Basel, Switzer-land, theologian of the Swiss Reformed Church. Top Right: Ecumenicity was advanced at the World Council of Churches’ Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order at Montreal, Quebec -- a study session on Christian unity attended by Catholic observers. Together here at an ecumenical rally (from left) are Metropolitan Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church in Canada; Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Catholic Archbishop of Montreal; Dr. W.A. Visser ’t Hooft, WCC general secretary, and Dr. George Johnston, principal of United Theological College, Montreal. 2nd Row, Left: Dr. Franklin Clark Fry (left) of New York and Lutheran Bishop Bo Giertz of Gothenburg, Sweden, lead a procession of nearly 800 marchers during the Lutheran World Federation’s Fourth Assembly at Helsinki, Finland, in August. Dr. Fry, president of the Lutheran Church in America and World Council of Churches leader, was succeeded as LWF president by Dr. Frederik A. Schiotz, head of the American Lutheran Church. In addition to discussions of Lutheran theology and the LWF’s worldwide program, the Assembly established a permanent foundation to further ecumenism through study of Catholicism and other confessions. 2nd Row, Right: An historic moment -- representatives of Eastern Orthodox Churches, at Rhodes, Greece, agreed unanimously to enter a “dialogue” with the Roman Catholic Church. Efforts to close the Orthodox-Catholic breach, dating back to 1054, also were highlighted late in the year with Pope Paul’s announced plan to travel to the Holy Land and prospects for a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Istanbul, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy. 3rd Row, Left: Noted Evangelist Billy Graham continued to draw large crowds at his rallies. Here, at Los Angeles Coliseum, he spoke to 47,655 during a three-week Southern California Crusade. 3rd Row, Center: Alleged persecution of Buddhists by the later-overthrown Ngo Dinh Diem regime in South Vietnam was dramatically underscored by an aged monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, one of seven who burned themselves to death in protest. 3rd Row, Right: Greater Protestant unity was discussed by representatives of six denominations at a March meeting of the Consultation on Church Union at Oberlin, Ohio. Seated, from left, are Charles Parlin, Methodist layman and Consultation secretary; Dr. James I. McCord, president of Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary and Consultation chairman; and the Rev. George G. Beazley Jr., of the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ). Standing, from left, are Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr., of Richmond, Va.; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Rev. David G. Colwell, United Church of Christ; Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Methodist Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips of Denver, Colo. Bottom Left: The gavel of the presidency of the National Council of Churches was turned over, in December, by J. Irwin Miller, at left, Disciples of Christ layman from Columbus, Ind., to Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The bishop, a well-known ecumenist, was elected to a three-year term during the NCC’s triennial General Assembly at Philadelphia, Pa. Bottom Center: Key participants in the December meeting of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism at Mexico City were, at left, Church of South India Bishop Lesslie Newbigin, who directs the WCC’s mission and evangelism division, and Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, WCC general secretary, both from Geneva, Switzerland. Mission policies were examined by some 200 leading churchmen from 48 nations. Bottom Right: A brief, informal meeting between Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, at left, and James Cardinal McGuigan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, highlighted a general theme of the Third World Anglican Congress at Toronto in August -- greater Christian unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
- Creator Name(s)
- Religious News Service. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination., John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Church and social problems--United States., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Popes.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., United States., United States., United States.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30361; 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-30361
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:352935
- Title
- Photo highlights of 1963.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-30361 PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS OF 1963 For Release: Thursday, Dec. 26, or later LEFT PANEL Top Left: President Kennedy’s body is carried to funeral services and burial in Arlington Cemetery. In his short term, the young Chief Executive stemmed fears of a Roman Catholic in the White House and was widely hailed for moving the nation toward solution of its racial problem and, by personal example, for furthering under-standing among all religions. His assassination called attention to what numerous religious leaders described as a dangerous degree of hate, arrogance and prejudice and nationwide complacency. Top Right: Death of Pope John XXIII. Large crowds kept a death watch in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican City. For his concern for all men, for his “opening the window” to renewal of the Roman Catholic Church, the pontiff was eulogized by leaders of virtually all religions. Middle Left: Devotional prayer and Bible reading in public schools was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Most of the nation complied, though there was scattered objection in eastern states and outright refusal to stop school devotions in some Southern areas. Middle Right: A first National Conference on Religion and Race solidified the Protestant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Jewish thrust against discrimination and segregation. Leaders at the historic January meeting in Chicago included (from left) Archbishop William E. Cousins of Milwaukee, Wis., chairman of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference; J. Irwin Miller, then president of the National Council of Churches; Albert Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago; Dr. Julius Mark, then president of the Synagogue Council of America; Dr. Fred S. Buschmeyer, secretary of the United Church of Christ, and Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Bottom Left: A 16-member delegation from Russian Orthodox, Baptist, Lutheran, Armenian and Georgian Orthodox Churches visited the U.S. in March under auspices of the National Council of Churches. Bottom Right: Religion’s deepening role in the fight for racial justice was exemplified in the dramatic 210,000-strong “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” on Aug. 28. Participation by Protestants, Orthodox, Catholics and Jews exceeded all advance expectations. RIGHT PANEL Top Left: As at the first session, the 1963 second session of the Second Vatican Council featured attendance by Protestant and Orthodox delegate-observers. Pope Paul VI is shown here with (far right) Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, president of the World Methodist Council; to the Pope’s immediate right is Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, and next to Cardinal Bea, Dr. Oscar Cullman of Basel, Switzer-land, theologian of the Swiss Reformed Church. Top Right: Ecumenicity was advanced at the World Council of Churches’ Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order at Montreal, Quebec -- a study session on Christian unity attended by Catholic observers. Together here at an ecumenical rally (from left) are Metropolitan Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church in Canada; Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Catholic Archbishop of Montreal; Dr. W.A. Visser ’t Hooft, WCC general secretary, and Dr. George Johnston, principal of United Theological College, Montreal. 2nd Row, Left: Dr. Franklin Clark Fry (left) of New York and Lutheran Bishop Bo Giertz of Gothenburg, Sweden, lead a procession of nearly 800 marchers during the Lutheran World Federation’s Fourth Assembly at Helsinki, Finland, in August. Dr. Fry, president of the Lutheran Church in America and World Council of Churches leader, was succeeded as LWF president by Dr. Frederik A. Schiotz, head of the American Lutheran Church. In addition to discussions of Lutheran theology and the LWF’s worldwide program, the Assembly established a permanent foundation to further ecumenism through study of Catholicism and other confessions. 2nd Row, Right: An historic moment -- representatives of Eastern Orthodox Churches, at Rhodes, Greece, agreed unanimously to enter a “dialogue” with the Roman Catholic Church. Efforts to close the Orthodox-Catholic breach, dating back to 1054, also were highlighted late in the year with Pope Paul’s announced plan to travel to the Holy Land and prospects for a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Istanbul, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy. 3rd Row, Left: Noted Evangelist Billy Graham continued to draw large crowds at his rallies. Here, at Los Angeles Coliseum, he spoke to 47,655 during a three-week Southern California Crusade. 3rd Row, Center: Alleged persecution of Buddhists by the later-overthrown Ngo Dinh Diem regime in South Vietnam was dramatically underscored by an aged monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, one of seven who burned themselves to death in protest. 3rd Row, Right: Greater Protestant unity was discussed by representatives of six denominations at a March meeting of the Consultation on Church Union at Oberlin, Ohio. Seated, from left, are Charles Parlin, Methodist layman and Consultation secretary; Dr. James I. McCord, president of Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary and Consultation chairman; and the Rev. George G. Beazley Jr., of the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ). Standing, from left, are Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr., of Richmond, Va.; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Rev. David G. Colwell, United Church of Christ; Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Methodist Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips of Denver, Colo. Bottom Left: The gavel of the presidency of the National Council of Churches was turned over, in December, by J. Irwin Miller, at left, Disciples of Christ layman from Columbus, Ind., to Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The bishop, a well-known ecumenist, was elected to a three-year term during the NCC’s triennial General Assembly at Philadelphia, Pa. Bottom Center: Key participants in the December meeting of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism at Mexico City were, at left, Church of South India Bishop Lesslie Newbigin, who directs the WCC’s mission and evangelism division, and Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, WCC general secretary, both from Geneva, Switzerland. Mission policies were examined by some 200 leading churchmen from 48 nations. Bottom Right: A brief, informal meeting between Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, at left, and James Cardinal McGuigan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, highlighted a general theme of the Third World Anglican Congress at Toronto in August -- greater Christian unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
- Creator Name(s)
- Religious News Service. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Church and social problems--United States., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Popes., Papal visits--Palestine.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., United States., United States., United States., Palestine.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30361; 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-30361a
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:352936
- 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
- "Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. 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, circa 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. Commission on Religion and Race., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York., Benediction--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29790; 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-29790
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358093
- Title
- 19th Ecumenical Student Conference.
- Creator Name(s)
- Meyers, Fred. (author)
- Date Created
- 1963, December 27, 1963-January 2, 1964, December 27, 1963-January 2, 1964
- 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.
- 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_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:352744
- 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
- Clergy's protest against Diem regime.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29734 CLERGY’S PROTEST AGAINST DIEM REGIME NEW YORK -- Fifteen thousand U.S. clergymen, citing what they described as religious persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam, have protested continuance of U.S. aid to the government headed by President Ngo Dinh Diem. Here, some of the letters from clergymen are displayed by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, minister emeritus of Riverside church in New York City, and Dr. Donald S. Harrington, minister of the Community church of New York and secretary of the Ministers Vietnam Committee. A letter, registering the clergymen’s protest, was sent to President Kennedy. “We decry,” it said, “the loss of American lives and billions of dollars to a regime universally regarded as unjust, undemocratic and unstable…the religious persecution of Buddhists by the ruling Roman Catholic Ngo family has shocked the world.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-8C-63-W)
- Creator Name(s)
- Ministers' Vietnam Committee (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Ministers' Vietnam Committee (New York, N.Y.), Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969., Harrington, Donald Szantho.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Letters--New York (State)--New York., Complaint letters--United States., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
- Geographic subjects
- Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam (Republic), New York (State), New York., United States., 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-29734; 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-29734
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358084