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- Title
- Monk burns self to death.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963, June 11, 1963, June 11, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic), Asia--Viet Nam--Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh--Saigon
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 29884; 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_29884
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358022
- Title
- Monk burns self to death.
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
- Date Created
- 1963, circa June 11, 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 29884; 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_29884_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358008
