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Title: The meaning of the Birmingham tragedy, 1963.
Description: Protestant Council of the City of New York panel discussion with James Baldwin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dr. Thomas C. Kilgore, Jr., focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. A program in the television series: Our Protestant heritage.
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Baldwin, James, 1924-1987., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects: United States--Race relations., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Birmingham (Ala.)--History--Bombardment--Sept. 15, 1963., North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Birmingham
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B295; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Meaning of the Birmingham tragedy [presented by] the Protestant Council of the City of New York.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1468
Identifier (local): B295_TheMeaningoftheBirminghamTragedy
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:71692

Title: In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-299923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation's churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. here, at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the "red of martyrdom" instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher), Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 22, 1963, September 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service--California--San Francisco., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Martyrdom.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 99, image no. P-54335; 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-29923
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344314

Title: Letters from Gayraud Wilmore to the Commission on Religion and Race.
Description: Letters from Gayraud Wilmore, Executive Director, to members of the Commission on Religion and Race regarding their upcoming meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September-October 1963, September-October 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects: Birmingham (Ala.), 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_gayraud_wilmore_comar_1963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345255

Title: First services bomb church.
Date Created: 1964, June 7, 1964, June 7, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Hester, Herschel Odell., Cross, John H., 1925-2007., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Southern Baptist Convention--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Church buildings--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31127; 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-31127_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349740

Title: Bombed Negro church reopens.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31127 BOMBED NEGRO CHURCH REOPENS BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Worshippers move silently with their children as they enter the 16th Street Baptist church at Birmingham for the first time since the Negro congregation’s building was bombed Sept. 15, 1963, killing four Sunday school children. As the church held its first service since that tragedy, the sermon was given by a white minister, Dr. H. O. Hester of Montgomery, secretary of the Alabama Baptist Convention’s Department of Missions. Celebrant of the “Reentry Service” was the Rev. John H. Cross, pastor of the church and longtime friend of Dr. Hester. Some worshippers wept as they walked past the church’s glass-enclosed bulletin board which still bore the date of the bombing. Parents of the four girls killed by the explosion of the church’s basement were among the congregation attending the service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 7, 1964, June 7, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Hester, Herschel Odell., Cross, John H., 1925-2007., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Southern Baptist Convention--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Church buildings--Alabama--Birmingham., African American churches--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. PC-31127; 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-31127
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350272

Title: Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29896 BOSTON PICKETS PROTEST BIRMINGHAM BOMBING BOSTON -- Racial violence in Birmingham, Ala., was protested in Boston by pickets who paraded back and forth in front of the city’s Federal Building. They were led by the Rev. Vernon E. Carter, pastor of All Saints Lutheran church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Alabama, Birmingham., Boston (Ma.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29896; 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-29896
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344316

Title: Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29896; 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-29896_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357774

Title: Alabama clergymen confer with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29929 ALABAMA CLERGYMEN CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Alabama clergymen who conferred with President Kennedy on the racial strife in Birmingham are shown as they arrived at the White House. Left to right, they are: Father Joseph C. Allen of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese; The Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor of First Baptist church, Birmingham; Rabbi Milton L. Grafman of Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham; Bishop Coadjutor George M. Murray of the Alabama Protestant Episcopal diocese; Methodist Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, whose jurisdiction includes the North Alabama Conference; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Durick of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-Wn-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, September 23, 1963, September 23, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Allen, Joseph C., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stallings, Earl., Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995., Murray, George M., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Durick, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1914-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Alabama., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Alabama., Washington (D.C.), Alabama, North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29929; 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-29929
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358132

Title: Services held for church-bombing victim.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29902 SERVICES HELD FOR CHURCH-BOMBING VICTIM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A moment of quiet at the edge of a grave followed minutes of terror earlier when a racist’s bomb shattered 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala. Friends and relatives gather around Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Robertson, Sr., seated at right, and a sister, at left, of 14-year-old Carole Robertson. Carole and three other young girls, attending Sunday school in the church basement, died in the explosion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WIDE WORLD-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; 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-29902
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344313

Title: They thought of Birmingham.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 21, 1963, September 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29923; 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-29923_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357754

Title: In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 21, 1963, September 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29923; 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-29923
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358130

Title: Body removed from bombed Birmingham church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29887 BODY REMOVED FROM BOMBED BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The body of one of four young Negro girls killed in the bombing of 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., is removed from the shattered basement. The youngsters, one 11 and three 14 years old, were studying their Sunday school lesson on the subject, “The Love That Forgives,” when explosions ripped through the church. A rope-barricade and armed troopers held a gathering crowd away from the blast area. Outraged Negroes ultimately heeded pleas by the pastor of the church, the Rev. John Cross, to disperse. From across the nation, religious leaders urged action to prevent further violence in racially-tense Birmingham. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; 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-29887
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358129

Title: Family in mourning.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; 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-29902_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357959

Title: Victim removed from church.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; 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-29887_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357913

Title: Prayer at bombing scene.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29888; 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-29888_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357976

Title: Boy prays outside bombed church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29888 BOY PRAYS OUTSIDE BOMBED CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Negro boy fell to his knees in prayer amid shattered glass from windows of the 16th Street Baptist church and surrounding buildings in Birmingham, Ala. Four young girls died as a racist's bomb exploded at 10:22 a.m. on Sept. 15 during worship services and Sunday school sessions. In the following outbreak of violence throughout the area, two young Negroes were shot to death. Pleas for effort to stop further bloodshed were issued from government, civil rights and religious leaders across the nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa September 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 99, image no. P-54335; 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-29888
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344315

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