Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Addresses pro-busing demonstration.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46293 ADDRESSES PRO-BUSING DEMONSTRATION BOSTON -- Mrs. Coretta Scott King addresses pro-busing demonstrators at Boston’s City Hall. Mrs. King told the gathering of 5,000 that Boston’s racial problems are “an isolated throwback to what we had hoped was a forgotten era of infamy and hatred.” Listening is Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass.), who also addressed the group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-12A-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Drinan, Robert F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Boston City Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Legislators--Massachusetts., School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361952
Title:
Addresses pro-busing demonstration.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Drinan, Robert F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Boston City Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Legislators--Massachusetts., School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361822
Title:
Two views of busing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46174 TWO VIEWS OF BUSING BOSTON -- Students at Boston’s Hyde Park High School (top photo) look through a shattered window of their school bus, damaged when fights broke out between black and white students at the school. Several students were injured in the incident, just part of the violence which has marred Boston’s court-ordered busing plan since the start of the school year. A more peaceful view of busing is achieved by four Boston students as they discuss school desegregation efforts with a Charlotte, N.C., student coordinating council (bottom photo). The four students (foreground left to right), Barbara Steer, Dana Gonsal, Bob Messina and Linda Lawrence, are members of the Hyde Park High School biracial committee who were invited to the Southern City by students to get a look at integration and how it works in Charlotte’s public high schools, where a massive busing program has been in effect for 10 years. “We’re still working at it every day, and we don’t have any miracle answers," a Charlotte student told the Boston group. “But what was a new situation for us 10 years ago is a new situation for you now. And we want you to know we’ve learned a lot about judging anybody, black or white, as an individual. It just took time." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS/NC-10D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Steer, Barbara., Gonsal, Dana., Messina, Bob., Lawrence, Linda.
Topics:
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American students--Massachusetts--Boston., Students--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361549
Title:
Police disperse anti-busing crowd.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46110 POLICE DISPERSE ANTI-BUSING CROWD BOSTON -- Helmeted police move in to break up a crowd of about 600 persons forming a human chain across a South Boston street to block busloads of black children on their way home from school. There were at least seven arrests and several injuries, including that of a black man caught by a mob of angry whites, in the worst outbreak of violence to date connected with court-ordered busing in Boston. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Violence against--Massachusetts--Boston., Race riots--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., Mobs--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361537
Title:
Racial violence in Boston.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46109 RACIAL VIOLENCE IN BOSTON BOSTON -- Andre Jean-Louis tries to escape from a group of anti-busing demonstrators during an incident of racial violence as Boston entered its fourth week of court-ordered busing. Mr. Jean-Louis, a black man from the French West Indies, was driving his car through South Boston when he was caught in a traffic jam. A mob of whites surrounded his car and began pounding on the car body and windshield. He jumped out and tried to run but was caught by the mob at the front porch of a house. Before police could rescue him, Mr. Jean-Louis suffered head injuries. He was later treated at a hospital and released. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jean-Louis, Andre.
Topics:
Black people--Violence against--Massachusetts--Boston., Race riots--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., Mobs--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361536
Title:
Smooth integration.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46062 SMOOTH INTEGRATION BOSTON -- While demonstrations and violence marred the start of busing at some of Boston’s public schools, at least one group of boys took integration in stride. Black and white students at the Jennie Barron School in Boston’s Roslindale section playfully roughhouse during a recess period. The school runs from kindergarten through 5th grade. The black children are being bused to the school from the Mattapan section. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-9D-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American school children--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Roslindale (Boston, Mass.), Mattapan (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361518
Title:
Anti-busing crowd broken up.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Violence against--Massachusetts--Boston., Race riots--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., Mobs--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361463
Title:
Antibusing group beat man.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jean-Louis, Andre.
Topics:
Black people--Violence against--Massachusetts--Boston., Race riots--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., Mobs--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361461
Title:
Two views of busing.
Description:
Alternate captions.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Steer, Barbara., Gonsal, Dana., Messina, Bob., Lawrence, Linda.
Topics:
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American students--Massachusetts--Boston., Students--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361401
Title:
Smooth integration at elementary school.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American school children--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Roslindale (Boston, Mass.), Mattapan (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361386
Title:
School buses receive police escort.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46022 SCHOOL BUSES RECEIVE POLICE ESCORT BOSTON -- School buses carrying black students are given a police motorcycle escort as they head for South Boston High School on the second day of court-ordered busing in Boston. Widespread student boycotts and sporadic disturbances marked the first day of school in the predominantly white South Boston section which, under the court’s integration plan, had been combined into one school district with the largely black Roxbury section. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-9C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., Police--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361268
Title:
Some children stayed home.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46019 SOME CHILDREN STAYED HOME BOSTON -- A school bus carrying only two white students leaves a pickup point and heads toward South Boston High School on the first day of a controversial court-ordered busing program to integrate Boston’s public schools. Some violence and a largely successful boycott marked the first day of school in the South Boston neighborhood, although other sections of the city remained calm. Attendance throughout the school system was reported to be 35 per cent below normal. Under the integration plan, the black Roxbury section and the white South Boston sections were combined into one school district. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-9B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students.
Topics:
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., School attendance--Massachusetts--Boston., Boycotts--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361266
Title:
School buses receive police escort.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., Police--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361182
Title:
Some children stayed home.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., South Boston High School--Students.
Topics:
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., School integration--Massive resistance movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--Transportation., School attendance--Massachusetts--Boston., Boycotts--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361095
Title:
Bolshoi picketed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-45904 BOLSHOI PICKETED BOSTON -- Protesters picket the Music Hall in Boston where the Russian Bolshoi Ballet was performing. Members of the Jewish Community Council along with Latvians, Ukrainians and Lithuanians participated in the demonstration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bolshoi Ballet Company.
Topics:
Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., Communism and Judaism--Soviet Union., Freedom of religion--Soviet Union., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360874
Title:
Bolshoi picketed.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bolshoi Ballet Company.
Topics:
Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., Communism and Judaism--Soviet Union., Freedom of religion--Soviet Union., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360654
Title:
15,000 witness historical pontifical Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4706 15,000 WITNESS HISTORIC PONTIFICAL MASS BOSTON -- In one of the most colorful religious spectacles ever held in New England, 15,000 Catholics kneel in Boston Garden here during the celebration of a Pontifical Mass that highlighted the eighth national congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic delegate to the United States, was celebrant of the Mass, while Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, delivered the sermon in which he scored the UN for failing to open its General Assembly with a prayer for divine guidance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EMAC-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Boston Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360523
Title:
Listening to broadcast by Pope Pius.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4703 LISTENING TO BROADCAST BY POPE PIUS BOSTON -- Two Dominican nuns and a group of priests, among the 12,000 persons who attended the eighth annual Congress of the National Confraternity of Christian Doctrine here, gather around a portable radio to hear Pope Pius XII broadcast from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dominicans., Catholic Church--Clergy., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Oratory.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Dominican sisters--Massachusetts--Boston., Radio broadcasting., Radio public speaking., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360522
Title:
Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisons and prisoners, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360443
Title:
Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360442

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