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Title: Brother helps out.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29779 BROTHER HELPS OUT BURLINGTON, Wis. -- Year-old Mary Muniz gets a spin around the grounds of St. Francis Monastery, Burlington, Wis. At the helm is Brother Robert Wirth [Ruhnke], a Redemptorist seminarian from Lincoln, Neb., who served as baby-sitter during an annual Mass for Spanish-speaking migrant workers in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. The baby’s mother, Mrs. Mary Muniz, works at Clyman, Wis. The first such Mass was held in 1959 at the Redemptorist seminary at Oconomowoc, Wis. St. Francis Monastery is staffed by Franciscan Fathers of Polish extraction and is often the scene of special services for Polish-Americans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-OCO-8E-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Higgins, Robert J. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Muñiz, Mary., Ruhnke, Robert.
Topical Subject(s): Brothers (Religious)--Wisconsin--Burlington., Seminarians--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Home missions--United States., Infants--Wisconsin--Burlington.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Burlington., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., United States., Wisconsin, Burlington., Burlington (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Racine--Burlington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29779; 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-29779
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358044

Title: Pedaling prelate.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29771 PEDALING PRELATE MONTREAL -- With the cheers of some 12,000 children urging him on, a Prince of the Church sets out on his first bicycle ride in 30 years. Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Archbishop of Montreal, found his flowing robes no handicap as he wheeled around a park on St. Helen’s Island, where the children attended their annual Parks Department clinic. Cardinal Leger “tested” the first of 32 bikes distributed as prizes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 21, 1963, August 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Léger, Paul-Emile, 1904-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Québec (Province)--Sainte-Hélène Island., Bicycles--Québec (Province)--Sainte-Hélène Island., Cycling--Québec (Province)--Sainte-Hélène Island.
Geographic subjects: Québec (Province), Sainte-Hélène Island., Québec (Province), Sainte-Hélène Island., Québec (Province), Sainte-Hélène Island., Montréal (Québec), Sainte-Hélène Island (Québec), North and Central America--Canada--Quebec--Montreal--Sainte-Hélène, Île
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29771; 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-29771
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358042

Title: Educational TV trainee.
Description: Handwritten notations on reverse of image.
Creator Name(s): Mason, Ed. (author)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Daly, Donna., Endicott College--Students., Endicott College.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Beverly., College students--Massachusetts--Beverly., Women college students--Massachusetts--Beverly., Nuns as teachers--Massachusetts--Brockton.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Beverly., Massachusetts, Beverly., Massachusetts, Beverly., Massachusetts, Brockton., Beverly (Mass.), Brockton (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Essex--Beverly
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29769; 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-29769_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358041

Title: Educational TV trainee.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29769 EDUCATIONAL TV TRAINEE BOSTON -- Sister Claire Bernadette, of Sacred Heart school, Brockton, Mass., receives instruction in the use of a television camera from Donna Daly of Endicott Junior College. Sister Claire is one of 16 nuns and two brothers now studying television broadcasting as a teaching medium in Boston parochial schools. Some nuns will serve as instructors and others as consultants of a new channel which Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, hopes will be in operation within six months. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-8D-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Runci, Joseph. (photographer), Globe Newspaper Co. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 21, 1963, August 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Daly, Donna., Endicott College--Students., Endicott College.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Beverly., Church and mass media--Massachusetts--Boston., Television cameras., Television in religion--Massachusetts--Boston., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Television in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Beverly., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Beverly (Mass.), Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Essex--Beverly
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29769; 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-29769
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358040

Title: Nun on camera.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29725 NUN ON CAMERA DAYTON, O. -- Sister’s a thespian, Hollywood-style. Snap goes the slate and Sister Cyrilla, M.H.S.H., starts another scene in movie recently completed by Geo. A. Pflaum, publisher, in Dayton, O. The 20-minute color film, entitled “The Lay Cathechist,” will introduce lay men and women to the teaching of religion and is intended to help recruit catechists for parish work of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. It will have its premiere at the Liturgical Convention in Philadelphia, Aug. 19-23. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-8C-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Pflaum, Geo. A. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Ohio--Dayton., Church and mass media--Ohio--Dayton., Religious education--Study and teaching., Religious educators--Recruiting.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Dayton., Ohio, Dayton., Dayton (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Montgomery--Dayton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29725; 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-29725
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358035

Title: "Hoodlum priest" dies.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29744 ‘HOODLUM PRIEST’ DIES ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Father Charles Dismas Clark, S.J., known as the “Hoodlum priest” for his work in rehabilitating former prison inmates, died in St. Louis after a long illness. He was 62. In 1959 he founded Dismas House here as a haven for ex-convicts. He is shown here before the institution named for the “good thief” crucified beside Christ. Father Clark also was responsible for setting up several other such centers in U.S. cities. His life story was the subject of a motion picture two years ago -- “The Hoodlum Priest.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8C-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29744; 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-29744
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358037

Title: Resigns under pressure.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29743 RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE BRAZZAVILLE -- President Fulbert Youlou, head of the Congo Republic, resigned his office as tension mounted in his capital at Brazzaville. A suspended priest, he is shown in clerical robes in 1959 as he left a conference in Elysee Palace in Paris. Before his election, Youlou was a parish priest who was forbidden to say Mass because of his political activity. After riots in Brazzaville subsided, Sime Matsika, a labor leader, began to emerge as a strong man -- some sources said he was a dedicated leftist trained in Peking. A provisional government was being maintained by the Congolese Army, a native force commanded by Lt. Col. Rene Jean of the French Army. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-BR-8C-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1959
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Youlou, Fulbert, 1917-1972., Youlou, Fulbert, 1917-1972--Resignation from office.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--Congo (Brazzaville), Church and politics--Congo (Brazzaville), Church and politics--Catholic Church., Civil war--Congo (Brazzaville)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Brazzaville), Paris (France), Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Europe--France--Île-de-France--Paris
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29743; 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-29743
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358036

Title: Aid for the blind.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29712 AID FOR THE BLIND NEWTON, Mass. -- Robert Amendola, a Boston artist, conducts a class in visualization for newly blinded adults at the St. Paul’s Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Newton, Mass. St. Paul’s was founded by Father Thomas J. Carroll, its present director, in 1954 under auspices of Boston’s Catholic Guild for All the Blind. Admission to the center is open to blind persons of any religious belief. St. Paul’s has a staff of 40 therapists and instructors. They are headed by Dr. Thomas E. Caulfield, one of the nation’s leading experts in the psychology of blindness. The center will be the subject of a documentary and dramatic film Sept. 8 on the “Look Up and Live” program over the CBS-TV network. The film, shot on location in Newton, is being produced in cooperation with the National Council of Catholic Men. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-NY-8B-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Amendola, Robert, 1909-, National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.), CBS Television Network., St. Paul's Rehabilitation Center (Newton, Mass.)
Topical Subject(s): Artists--Massachusetts--Newton., Church work with the blind--Catholic Church., Church work with the blind--Massachusetts--Newton., Blind--Rehabilitation--Massachusetts--Newton.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Newton., Massachusetts, Newton., Massachusetts, Newton., Newton (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Middlesex--Newton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29712; 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-29712
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358032

Title: African cardinal becomes NAACP member.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29717 AFRICAN CARDINAL BECOMES NAACP MEMBER INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba, Tanganyika, is shown as he received a life membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The African prelate had contributed $500 toward the work of the organization. The presentation took place during the annual meeting of the Knights of St. Peter Claver at Indianapolis. Indiana’s Governor Matthew E. Welsh and Mrs. Welsh look on as Henry J. Richardson, Jr., at left, a member of the NAACP national board, presents a life membership plaque to Cardinal Rugambwa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-IND-8B-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Oates, William A. (photographer), Star Publishing Company. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Rugambwa, Lauriani, 1912-1997., Richardson, Henry J. (Henry Johnson), 1902-1983., Welsh, Matthew E. (Matthew Empson), 1912-1995., Welsh, Virginia Homann.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Indiana--Indianapolis., Bishops, Black--Indiana--Indianapolis., Governors--Indiana., Civil rights workers--Indiana--Indianapolis., Governors' spouses--Indiana.
Geographic subjects: Indiana, Indianapolis., Indiana, Indianapolis., Indiana., Indiana, Indianapolis., Indiana., Indianapolis (Ind.), North and Central America--United States--Indiana--Marion--Indianapolis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29717; 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-29717
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358033

Title: A teen-age dialogue.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29692 A TEEN-AGE DIALOGUE OCONOMOWOC, Wis. -- A group of 125 Jewish teenagers, attending a summer camp run by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations near Oconomowoc, Wis., were guests at a Solemn High Mass celebrated at St. Jerome’s Catholic church here. Shown after the service on the church steps are some of the Jewish young people, their leaders and Father Ralph Monaghan (in vestments), pastor of St. Jerome’s. Other adults are (from left): Howard Bogot, program director at the Union Institute camp; Irving Kaplan, the camp’s director; Rabbi Joseph Buchler of the camp rabbinic faculty; and Oscar Miller, camp educational director. Most of the Jewish teenagers are from the Chicago area. They attended the Mass at the invitation of Father Monaghan who heard they were studying Christian customs. He was asked by camp leaders to speak with the teenagers prior to the Mass to explain Catholic worship, priests’ vestments and Mass vessels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-OCO-8A-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Higgins, Robert J. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, July 28, 1963, July 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Jerome Catholic Church (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Monaghan, Ralph., Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Bogot, Howard., Kaplan, Irving., Buchler, Joseph., Miller, Oscar., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--United States., Rabbis--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Clergy--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Wisconsin, Oconomowoc., Oconomowoc (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Waukesha--Oconomowoc
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29692; 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-29692
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358029

Title: Nun studies at nuclear institute.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29702 NUN STUDIES AT NUCLEAR INSTITUTE OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- A nun studies at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Mother M. de l’Enfant Jesus, R.S.H.M., of Marymount College, Tarrytown, N.Y., is attending a four-week special program on “Isotope Technology” at the institute. An assistant professor of chemistry, Mother de l’Enfant is one of 12 U.S. science teachers participating in the program under a National Science Foundation grant. She has won degrees from Marymount, Catholic University of America, the University of London, and Tufts University. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-TN-8A-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies--Students., Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies., Fordham University. Marymount College--Faculty., Maryknoll Sisters., National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Tennessee--Oak Ridge., Nuns as teachers--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Nuclear chemistry--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Oak Ridge., College teachers--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women college teachers--New York (State)--Tarrytown.
Geographic subjects: Tennessee, Oak Ridge., New York (State), Tarrytown., Tennessee, Oak Ridge., New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., Oak Ridge (Tenn.), Tarrytown (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Tennessee--Anderson--Oak Ridge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29701; 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-29702
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358030

Title: A helping hand.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29707 A HELPING HAND HYANNISPORT, Mass. -- After Mass at St. Francis Xavier church in Hyannisport, Mass., Caroline Kennedy lends a helping hand to her father’s pocket flap so he’ll look neat for spectators and cameramen. The President’s other pocket flap also is disarranged. Following Mr. Kennedy and Caroline out of the church is Mrs. Paul Fay, wife of the Undersecretary of Navy. It was Caroline’s first appearance at the church here with her father. Earlier this year she attended Mass with him at Middleburg, Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-HY-8B-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 4, 1963, August 4, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, Fay, Anita.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Hyannis Port (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Barnstable--Hyannis Port
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29707; 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-29707
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358031

Title: To say thanks.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29684 TO SAY THANKS BOSTON -- Sister Immaculata, a Korean Caritas nun who underwent successful heart surgery at Boston’s Carney Hospital, gives a handmade Korean doll to Sister Margaret, the hospital’s administrator, as a gesture of thanks. At right is Archbishop Harold W. Henry of Kwangju, Korea, Sister Immaculata’s ecclesiastic superior; and at left is Sister Mary Stephanie, a Columban missionary nun at Mokpo, Korea. Sister Mary Stephanie was instrumental in arranging for the Korean nun to come to Boston for the delicate operation. She had written her sister, Virginia King, a nurse at Carney. Miss King, in turn, told hospital officials who arranged for the surgery. The nuns and Archbishop Henry arrived in Boston in early June. After extensive tests, the operation was performed by Dr. Joseph P. Lynch, chief of thoracic surgery at the hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CH-BOS-7E-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Carney Hospital. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Bishops., Henry, Harold W.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Heart--Surgery--Patients--Massachusetts--Boston., Medical tourism--United States., Gifts., Dolls.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., United States., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29684; 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-29684
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358027

Title: Amish Christmas program.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 29767 KALONA, Iowa -- AMISH CHRISTMAS PROGRAM--Mothers, wearing the traditional white head cover, listen to their children sing carols at a Christmas program presented at a one-room Amish school outside Kalona yesterday. The program was plain and strongly religious--a pattern of life the Old Order Amish and other Mennonite groups live. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8D-63)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1962, December 21, 1962, December 21, 1962
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Amish--Iowa--Kalona., Amish children--Iowa--Kalona., Amish women--Iowa--Kalona., Plain People--Clothing., Children--Iowa--Kalona., Women--Iowa--Kalona., Christmas.
Geographic subjects: Iowa, Kalona., Iowa, Kalona., Iowa, Kalona., Iowa, Kalona., Iowa, Kalona., Kalona (Iowa), North and Central America--United States--Iowa--Washington--Kalona
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 29767; 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_29767
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358016

Title: Awards scholarships.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29673 AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Christ Child Society, a Catholic women’s group in Cleveland, has started a program of scholarships for Negro boys entering Catholic high schools. The scholarships cover tuition, fees and books, and are for four years, with a total value of $1,000 each. Mrs. William Townsend, Christ Child president, is shown presenting the scholarships to the first three winners: Maurice Bertrand, and Victor and Richard Cohea. The boys graduated from St. Thomas Elementary School in Cleveland. The society said it will award two or three scholarships each year to outstanding students. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RF-CLE-7E-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): Faist, Russell L. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Christ Child Society (U.S.), Bertrand, Maurice., Cohea, Victor., Cohea, Richard.
Topical Subject(s): Scholarships--Ohio--Cleveland., High school students--Ohio--Cleveland., High school boys--Ohio--Cleveland., Catholic high school students--Scholarships, funds, etc., African American high school students--Scholarships, funds, etc., African American high school boys--Scholarships, funds, etc., African American high school students--Ohio--Cleveland., African American high school boys--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29673; 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-29673
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358025

Title: African visitors.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29672 AFRICAN VISITORS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI is preserving the tradition of his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, in receiving visitors from all corners of the world. He is shown here after a private audience with three political leaders from Nyasaland. The visitors are (from left): William Chokani, Minister of Labor in the Nyasaland Cabinet; J.D. Msonthi, Minister of Trade and Industry; and Y.K. Chisiza, secretary-general of the Malawi-Congress Party. Nyasaland is a British protectorate with an internal self-government. Its population of 2,750,000 contains about 500,000 Catholics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-ROM-7D-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, July 22, 1963, July 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Chokani, Willie., Msonthi, Jerome D. (Jerome Dennis), Chisiza, Yatuta Kaluli.
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Cabinet officers--Rhodesia and Nyasaland., Politicians--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Rhodesia and Nyasaland., Vatican City., Vatican City., Rhodesia and Nyasaland., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29672; 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-29672
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358024

Title: March on jail.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #50502 MARCH ON JAIL…BIRMINGHAM, Ala…Barred window of waiting paddy wagon frames demonstrators -- some singing, some praying -- as an estimated 2,000 marched on the Birmingham jail May 5 in a segregation protest. (1963).
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 5, 1963, May 5, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Police vehicles--Alabama--Birmingham., Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., 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. 50502; 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_50502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358337

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: "Resurrection City."
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-37161 ‘RESURRECTION CITY’ WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Resurrection City” begins to take shape in Washington, D.C. It will be “home” for some 3,000 participants in the Poor People’s Campaign during their stay in the national capital. The site for the camp being set up by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is situated alongside the Reflecting Pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-5C-68-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, May 1968, May 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Tents--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-37161; 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-37161
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358339

Title: Negroes pray for justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-27052 NEGROES PRAY FOR JUSTICE ALBANY, Ga. -- Negro demonstrators held a prayer meeting in front of the Albany (Ga.) City Hall to appeal for a just verdict for 11 Freedom Riders on trial there. Police form a cordon in the rear to forestall any violence. The Negro demonstrators, whose number sometimes rose to 700, held mass meetings in the Shiloh Baptist church. So far about 480 Negroes have been arrested for their participation in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UPI-NYC-12C-61-NM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa December 17, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany., Prayer--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Trials--Georgia--Albany.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., United States, Albany (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Dougherty--Albany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-27052; 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-27052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358340

Title: Dr. Martin Luther King addresses Washington marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29812 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ADDRESSES WASHINGTON MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A stirring climax to ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was reached when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stepped to the rostrum and called on the nation to end racial discrimination “now.” The Baptist minister, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was widely hailed as the “civil rights and religious leader” of the event. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-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., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29812; 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-29812
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358341

Title: Principals in Alabama bus boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #PBLEM-18874 PRINCIPALS IN ALABAMA BUS BOYCOTT MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Three ministers are among these four leaders of the three-month boycott here protesting segregation in city buses. Twenty-four clergymen will be among those tried on March 19 for allegedly violating the state’s anti-boycott law. Left to right are: The Rev. L.R. Bennett; the Rev. H.H. Hubbard; the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy; and E.D. Nixon, president of the local NAACP. The boycott was launched in December after a Negro seamstress was fined $14 for refusing to move to the rear of a bus. Alabama state and local laws require that Negro riders be segregated in public conveyance. Protestant church groups in various parts of the country have expressed sympathy with the boycott. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MS-RAM-3C-56-NAB-PBLEM)
Creator Name(s): Smith, Mildred. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 1956, March 1956
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Bennett, L. Roy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy., Hubbard, H.H., Nixon, Edgar Daniel.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Boycotts--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PBLEM-18874; 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_PBLEM-18874
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358342

Title: Selma march underway at long last.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32321 SELMA MARCH UNDERWAY AT LONG LAST SELMA, Ala. -- This aerial view shows a half-mile long column of civil rights demonstrators -- including many clergy -- on the first leg of a 50-mile march to Montgomery, the state capital, in support of the Negro voter registration drive. The marchers -- an estimate 3,500 left Selma -- are shown crossing the Pettus Bridge, where the first scheduled freedom march was broken up by state troopers on Sunday, March 7. This time, the march was authorized by a federal court and was protected by Army and federalized Alabama National Guard troops. Leading the walk was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which has been spearheading the long registration effort. At the end of the five-day march along U.S. Highway 80, Negro leaders hoped to present a civil rights petition to Gov. George C. Wallace, who earlier declined to protect the demonstrators. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-3D-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, March 21, 1965, March 21, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Edmund Pettus Bridge National Historic Site (Selma, Ala.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma., Bridges--Alabama--Selma., Voter registration--Alabama.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama., United States, Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32321; 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-32321
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358343

Title: Rights leaders pushed off road.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34393 RIGHTS LEADERS PUSHED OFF ROAD HERNANDO, Miss. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negro civil rights leaders, are pushed off the road at they resume a voters march begun by James Meredith. Later they continued their walk, marching single file along the highway’s shoulder. Mr. Meredith was short from ambush by a white man as he was marching from Memphis, Tenn., to Jackson, capital of Mississippi, in an effort to encourage Negro voting in the state’s primary election. Religious leaders were quick to condemn the shooting and called for greater efforts in behalf of Negro voting rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-6B-66-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, June 1966, June 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hernando., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hernando., Voter registration--Mississippi., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., African American clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., Police--Mississippi--Hernando.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., United States, Hernando (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--DeSoto--Hernando
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34393; 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-34393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358344

Title: Urge extreme action.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34626 URGE EXTREME ACTION CHICAGO -- Among the thousands of whites who stoned and jeered civil rights marchers in Chicago during July and August, 1966, were some who urged extreme action. Members of the National States’ Rights Party and the American Nazi Party were active participants in the anti-March protests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8A-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, July 1966, July 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party., National States Rights Party (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34626; 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-34626
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358345

Title: American Nazis active in Chicago riot.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34652 AMERICAN NAZIS ACTIVE IN CHICAGO RIOT CHICAGO -- Roving bands of angry whites carried signs distributed by members of the American Nazi Party in continuing protests against civil rights marches in Chicago. About 2,000 white people, largely teenagers, gathered in the southwest Chicago area as three civil rights marches took place in other neighborhoods. Several of the whites, who had been throwing rocks, bottles and firecrackers at Negro motorists, were arrested in clashes with police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, August 1966, August 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34652; 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-34652
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358346

Title: Chicago march leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34662 CHICAGO MARCH LEADERS CHICAGO -- Leaders of the civil rights marches protesting housing discrimination in Chicago discuss future strategy with their followers. Albert Raby, heading the effort, announces that plans to march in suburban Cicero have been postponed. With him are other Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials -- the Rev. James Bevel (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, August 1966, August 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Raby, Al, 1933-1988., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34662; 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-34662
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358347

Title: Tears in Atlanta.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-45752 TEARS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA -- Members cry outside a church where the mother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain by a gunman in Atlanta. One other person was killed in the fusillade of bullets unleashed by a black man regarded by authorities as insane. The famed civil rights leader’s mother was slain as she played the organ in the church in which her son and her husband had served as pastors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-7A-74-JW)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 30, 1974, June 30, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Death and burial., Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Families of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Church shootings--Georgia--Atlanta., Assassination--Georgia--Atlanta., Bereavement--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-45752; 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-45752
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358355

Title: Signs of the past.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use in connection with Brotherhood Week, Feb. 20-27 PC-49290 SIGNS OF THE PAST Like the Birmingham, Alabama, store they are located on, “colored” and “white” entrances have been abandoned in this country. But signs of the recent past such as these still remain to remind Americans that there is a long way to go towards achieving mutual respect. Brotherhood Week, a program of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in cooperation with schools, churches and synagogues, civic, service and community organizations, serves to remind us that “Brotherhood Begins with Respect.” Brotherhood Week will be observed for the 44th time from Feb. 20-27. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vernon Sigl (VS-NY-2A-77-DS)
Creator Name(s): Sigl, Vernon. (photographer)
Date Created: 1977, February 1977, February 1977
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--United States., Signs and signboards--Alabama--Birmingham., Brotherhood Week--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., United States., United States., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-49290; 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-49290
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358356

Title: Ministers, religion professors jailed as Freedom Riders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PF-26262 MINISTERS, RELIGION PROFESSORS JAILED AS FREEDOM RIDERS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- These “Freedom Riders” were smiling as they arrived here by bus, but all were arrested the next day as they sought service at a segregated bus terminal lunch counter before their scheduled departure for Jackson, Miss. From left are Dr. John Maguire and Dr. David Swift, religion professors at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; George B. Smith (head partially visible), Negro law student at Yale University; Dr. William S. Coffin, Jr., Yale chaplain and head of the group; the Rev. Gaylor [Gaylord] Noyce, associate professor of the Yale Divinity School; Clyde Carter and Charles Jones, Negro theological students at Johnston C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. Others arrested at the “white only” counter were four Negro integration leaders, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, pastor of First Baptist church here; the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth of Birmingham; the Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, an executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Bernard S. Lee, one of nine students expelled from Alabama State College last year for trying to stage a sit-in demonstration. Another Negro leader, the Rev. Solomon S. Seay, executive secretary of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was short in the wrist the same day, reportedly by a white man in a passing car. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-5D-61-DP)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, May 1961, May 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maguire, John David., Swift, David Everett, 1914-, Smith, George Bundy., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Noyce, Gaylord B., Carter, Clyde Larocque., Jones, Charles, 1937-2019.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Seminarians--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PF-26262; 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_PF-26262
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358357

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