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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

Title: Now advances someday.
Description: [Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene Carson Blake, and others bow their heads in prayer during the March on Washington. From Presbyterian Life, Oct 1, 1963, p. 9].
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., 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: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds3213
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7327

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.
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., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., 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:12190

Title: Banner proclaims religious support for march.
Description: Religious participation in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom exceeded all expectations. In addition to many banners and signs designating specific religious groups, many churchmen and women marched as Protestants, Catholics and Jews, united in their support of full equality for all American citizens. More than half the signs in the March were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): 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.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29804; 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): ds3159
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7390

Title: Clergy Lead Civil Rights Washington March.
Description: Religious, labor and civil rights leaders from New York City came to the nation's capital for a March on Washington to urge early passage of the civil rights bill without "crippling amendments." Some of the 1200 marchers are shown arriving at Union Station.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): 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.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 104, Image no. 31160; 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): ds3170
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7115

Title: Religious leaders greet woman in famed bus case.
Description: Three religious leaders participating in the March on Washington greet a Negro woman whose arrest made headlines in 1955. Mrs. Rosa Parks is shown with, left to right, Father John F. Cronin of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; and Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. In 1955, Mrs. Parks was arrested when she refused to obey a bus driver's order to give her seat to a white person. Her case was one of several that arroused the nation, helped weld Negroes and whites in campaigns that culminated in the March on Washington.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005., 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. 29797; 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): ds3220
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7253

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: Solidarity Day March.
Description: Washington, D.C.--Churchmen were prominent among the 50,000 who gathered in the nation's Capital on June 19 to participate in the Solidarity Day march of the Poor People's Campaign. Representatives of the Synod of Virginia of the Presbyterian Church U.S. (Southern) leave the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church where a prayer service for the Campaign was held before the rally. As a denomination, the Presbyterian, U.S. Church had rejected endorsement of Solidarity Day.
Date Created: 1968, June 19, 1968, June 19, 1968
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Virginia., New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Poor People's Campaign., African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 37321; 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): ds3094
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7239

Title: March on Washington.
Description: Large crowd around Washington Monument. [Presbyterian Life, Oct 1, 1963, p. 6].
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds663
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5125

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