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- Title
- NCC officials face Mississippi press.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31163 NCC OFFICIALS FACE MISSISSIPPI PRESS JACKSON, Miss. -- Christian motivation behind civil rights programs in Mississippi is stressed by two National Council of Churches race relations leaders as they meet reporters in the concourse of the airport at Jackson. Dr. 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, explained the summer student program which will bring some 500-1000 college students to the state to conduct “freedom schools” for Negroes, and a long-range anti-poverty “Delta Ministry” to be launched in the fall under NCC auspices. The Council was conducting orientation sessions for summer program volunteers, who will work under the direction of civil rights groups in the democracy education and voter registration effort. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EC-JM-6C-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Chambers, Elsie May. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1964, June 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Mississippi Freedom Project., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Clergy--Mississippi--Jackson., Press conferences--Mississippi--Jackson.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Mississippi, Jackson., Mississippi, Jackson., Jackson (Miss.)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-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)
- RNS-RG1_P-31163
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350224
- 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
- Churchmen briefed before visiting Senators.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-30956 CHURCHMEN BRIEFED BEFORE VISITING SENATORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protestant clergy and laymen who took part in a mass interreligious convocation in support of civil rights at Washington, D.C., receive suggestions for “follow-up” meetings with their Senators. Conducting the briefing session is Dr. Robert Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At extreme right is J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5A-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30956; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-30956
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348427
- Title
- Prayers for passage of civil rights bill.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-30957 PRAYERS FOR PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Daily worship services to underscore religious demands that pending civil rights legislation be speedily passed were launched in the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill immediately after an interreligious convocation which brought more than 6,000 Protestants, Catholics and Jews to the nation’s capital [capitol]. Initial speakers at the services -- which were to continue until the civil rights bill is passed -- were (left) J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the National Council of Churches, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate executive director of the National Council’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-51-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Church of the Reformation (Washington, D.C.), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lee, James Oscar.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Prayer--Washington (D.C.)
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30957; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-30957
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348428
- Title
- Senators welcome Protestant civil rights marchers.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31057 SENATORS WELCOME PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.), right, and Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.), welcome some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen who marched to the Capitol to urge passage of the civil rights bill. The Minnesota legislator, floor manager for the bill, praised the march participants as “good citizens who come in the great American tradition of petition.” After brief ceremonies on the Capitol steps, the churchmen and women called on individual Senators. 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., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31057; 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-31057
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350196
- Title
- Voter right leaders confer.
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
- Date Created
- 1964, June 18, 1964, June 18, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Western College for Women--Students., Mississippi Freedom Project., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Hanson, Donald Bruce., Moses, Robert Parris., Forman, James, 1928-2005., United Church of Christ--Clergy.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Ohio--Oxford., College students--Ohio--Oxford., Women college students--Ohio--Oxford., Clergy--Ohio--Oxford., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31179; 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-31179_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:349860
- Title
- NCC trains students for Mississippi program.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31179 NCC TRAINS STUDENTS FOR MISSISSIPPI PROGRAM OXFORD, Ohio -- Problems expected to be encountered by college students going to Mississippi this summer to conduct voter registration and education sessions for Negroes are outlined at an orientation session at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio. The week-long training period was held by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, in cooperation with civil rights groups which are sponsoring the “freedom schools.” Here, the Rev. Bruce Hanson, NCC official heading the orientation program, is flanked by Robert Moses (left), of New York, director of the Mississippi program for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and James Forman of Atlanta, executive secretary of the SNCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-6C-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, June 18, 1964, June 18, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Western College for Women--Students., Mississippi Freedom Project., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Hanson, Donald Bruce., Moses, Robert Parris., Forman, James, 1928-2005., United Church of Christ--Clergy.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Ohio--Oxford., College students--Ohio--Oxford., Women college students--Ohio--Oxford., Clergy--Ohio--Oxford., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Ohio, Oxford., Ohio, Oxford., Ohio, Oxford., Ohio, Oxford., Oxford (Ohio)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31179; 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-31179
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350228
- 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., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Geographic subjects
- Washington (D.C.), United States., 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-31056a
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350195
- 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
- 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
- Letter from Philip S. Hutchinson.
- Creator Name(s)
- Hutchinson, Philip S. (author)
- Date Created
- 1964, October 5, 1964, October 5, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Society Hill Missionary Baptist Church (McComb, Miss.), Episcopal Church--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Young, Bruce., Allen, Thomas D., Gordon, Quinlan., Boyd, Malcolm, 1923-2015., Neil, Earl A.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--Mississippi--McComb., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Domestic terrorism--Mississippi--McComb., African American churches--Mississippi--McComb., Church buildings--Mississippi--McComb., Bombings--Mississippi--McComb.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31682; 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-31682_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:356418
- Title
- Clergymen support Mississippi rights effort.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-31682 CLERGYMEN SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI RIGHTS EFFORT McCOMB, Miss. -- Five Protestant Episcopal clergymen -- part of an interdenominational group of 20 ministers who spent a week working with civil rights volunteers in Mississippi -- stand in front of the bomb-blasted Society Hill Baptist church at McComb. Sixteen structures used by civil rights workers were bombed in the McComb area from June 21 to the end of September, four of them churches which were totally destroyed. The National Council of Churches race commission planned to send groups of clergymen to Mississippi to assist rights workers through the fall and winter. Shown here (left to right) are the Rev. Bruce Young of Attleboro, Mass.; the Rev. Thomas D. Allen and the Rev. Quinlan Gordon of Washington, D.C.; the Rev. Malcolm Boyd of Detroit, Mich., and the Rev. Earl A. Neil of Chicago. During their stay in McComb, Mr. Allen, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Boyd and Mr. Neil attempted to visit 24 Negroes who had been arrested for “criminal syndicalism,” a Mississippi law which forbids virtually any activity which promotes social or political change. In spite of repeated requests to county officials, they were denied permission to see the prisoners. “We had a feeling that we were completely outside the United States and were being treated as enemy aliens,” Mr. Boyd said. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PSH-DC-10B-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Hutchinson, Philip S. (contributor)
- Date Created
- 1964, circa October 1, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Society Hill Missionary Baptist Church (McComb, Miss.), Episcopal Church--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Young, Bruce., Allen, Thomas D., Gordon, Quinlan., Boyd, Malcolm, 1923-2015., Neil, Earl A.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--Mississippi--McComb., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Domestic terrorism--Mississippi--McComb., African American churches--Mississippi--McComb., Church buildings--Mississippi--McComb., Bombings--Mississippi--McComb.
- Geographic subjects
- Mississippi, McComb., United States., Mississippi, McComb., Mississippi, McComb., Mississippi, McComb., Mississippi, McComb., McComb (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Pike--McComb
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31682; 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-31682
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:356664