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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In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
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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:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
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Body removed from bombed Birmingham church.
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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:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topics:
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:
Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358129
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School ignores court prayer ban.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29799 SCHOOL IGNORES COURT PRAYER BAN SOMERSET, Pa. -- Despite the Supreme Court ruling, this class begins its day with religious exercises. Mrs. Eleanor Engle reads the Bible to second-grade pupils, at top, and leads them in prayer as the fall semester opened at the new Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School, near Somerset, Pa. The school district was one of five in Somerset County that voted to continue devotional exercises despite the ban imposed by the Supreme Court. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-8E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358120
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Bigots burn cross in Chicago.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29703 BIGOTS BURN CROSS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO -- A cross burns in a Chicago street amid racial tensions. Northern segregationists put a torch to the six-foot wooden cross as a sign of their opposition to the move-in of a Negro family at an apartment house. They were not apprehended. The police car at right was used to knock down the cross and patrolmen quenched the flames. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8A-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Segregation--Illinois--Chicago., Crosses--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., Police vehicles--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Englewood (Chicago, Ill.), Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358113
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Papal tribute via Telstar.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29939 PAPAL TRIBUTE VIA TELSTAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A giant screen at Georgetown University bears the image of Pope Paul VI as he congratulates the school on the start of its 175th anniversary year. From his private library in the Vatican, the pontiff read a message in which he described the Jesuit institution as the alma mater of Catholic colleges in the U.S. The program was televised via the Telstar communications satellite on the Pope’s 66th birthday. Georgetown was founded in 1789, the same year in which the U.S. Constitution was adopted. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WASH-9D-63-RB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978--Birth., Georgetown University--Anniversaries, etc., Georgetown University--Students., Georgetown University.
Topics:
Popes., Anniversaries., Project Telstar., Catholic universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358073
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Nun cares for tiny quintuplet.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29891 NUN CARES FOR TINY QUINTUPLET ABERDEEN, S.D. -- A nursing nun at St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, S.D., holds one of the quintuplets born to Mrs. Andrew Fischer. The quints, ranging in weight from 2 ½ to 4 pounds, received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation immediately after their birth. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer have five other children. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Luke’s Hospital (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Topics:
Nuns--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Multiple birth--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Quintuplets--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Nuns as nurses--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Infants--South Dakota--Aberdeen.
Geographic subjects:
Aberdeen (S.D.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358063
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Sacraments administered to quintuplet.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29890 SACRAMENTS ADMINISTERED TO QUINTUPLET ABERDEEN, S.D. -- A quintuplet is baptized and confirmed on the day of his birth. James Andrew Fischer, only boy of the five children born to Mrs. Andrew Fischer, is blessed by Bishop Lambert A. Hoch of Sioux Falls, S.D., as he lays in his isolette at St. Luke’s hospital in Aberdeen, S.D. His four sisters also received the Sacraments from the prelate, who exercised a privilege to administer Confirmation to the very young. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fischer, James Andrew., Hoch, Lambert A., Catholic Church--Bishops., St. Luke’s Hospital (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Topics:
Bishops--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Multiple birth--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Quintuplets--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Baptism--Catholic Church., Confirmation--Catholic Church., Baptism--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Confirmation--South Dakota--Aberdeen.
Geographic subjects:
Aberdeen (S.D.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358062
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Priest backs Cuba visitors.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29886 PRIEST BACKS CUBA VISITORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Father Felix McGowan, M.M., a priest suspended by his superiors in the Maryknoll order, has thrown his support behind some 50 students who went on an unauthorized trip to Cuba. He is shown here as he addressed the students at a Washington rally. Father McGowan, a former missionary in Bolivia, was suspended from his priestly duties after he himself went to Cuba as a reporter for The Catholic Worker, a periodical published in New York. The suspended Maryknoller commented that there is religious freedom in Cuba. “All the churches are open. Priests can preach. Anybody can go to church,” he said. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WASH-9C-63-RB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., McGowan, Felix., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Journalists--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--Cuba.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990., United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358060
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Monk burns self to death.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358022
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Candlelight service for late President.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30390 CANDLELIGHT SERVICE FOR LATE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson, the First Lady and their daughter, Lucy Baines, hold lighted candles during memorial service at the Lincoln Memorial ending a 30-day period of official national mourning for the late John F. Kennedy. Thousands of other persons also held flickering candles at the service and heard the Chief Executive give a moving eulogy to the assassinated President Kennedy. Paraphrasing Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Mr. Johnson said: “For let us here on this Christmas night determine that John Kennedy did not live or die in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, good will toward all men.” President Johnson called on all Americans to use Christmas as a time of thanks-giving, hope and dedication. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-12D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352990
Title:
A little boy's birthday.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30293 A LITTLE BOY’S BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., (John John to his Dad), is escorted to a pew at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C. With his sister Caroline, six, he accompanied his mother to the Pontifical Requiem Mass for his father, the 35th President of the United States. The body of the slain President was laid to rest on Nov. 25, 1963: John John’s third birthday. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999., Catholic Church--Liturgy., St. Matthew’s Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Funeral service--Washington (D.C.), Funeral service--Catholic Church., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352980
Title:
Another shock for Americans.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30292 ANOTHER SHOCK FOR AMERICANS DALLAS, Texas -- The second chapter in the tragedy of a nation. This dramatic photograph shows Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub operator at right, as he thrust a gun forward to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald, accused slayer of President Kennedy. The killing of Oswald was condemned by most responsible Americans as, in the words of a newspaper editorial, “a blot on justice.” But often -- too often, commentators said -- such comments as these were heard: “he (Oswald) had it coming” and “it will save the expense of sending him to the electric chair.” A reporter said that among the Dallas crowd outside the police headquarters “there were great cheers…loud ‘yippees’…real Texas shouts.” Around the country reports were heard of citizens suggesting that Ruby, Oswald’s slayer, “should get the Congressional Medal of Honor.” This response was condemned by the press, the clergy, the nation’s leaders. They cried out in appeals for an end to hatred, prejudice, inflammatory statements. It was pointed out that John F. Kennedy had said: “Our nation is founded on the principle that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny.” Said one newspaper: “Thos who applaud the killer on the ground that he gave the suspected assassin his due must share in the disgrace. They do no honor to our late President or to the institutions which President Kennedy ought to uphold.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination., Oswald, Lee Harvey--Assassination., Ruby, Jack.
Topics:
Police--Texas--Dallas., Murder--Texas--Dallas., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Religion and justice.
Geographic subjects:
Dallas (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352979
Title:
First Family attends memorial ceremony.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30282 FIRST FAMILY ATTENDS MEMORIAL CEREMONY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sadness and the new burdens of the Presidency weigh heavily upon Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S. Here, the President and Mrs. Johnson, accompanied by their daughter Lucy Baines, arrive at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, Washington, to attend a memorial service for the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Mr. Johnson is a Disciples of Christ layman, Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., St. Mark’s Church (Washington, D.C. : Episcopal)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352975
Title:
Farewell.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30281 FAREWELL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A courageous woman says goodbye to her husband and a little girl reaches to touch the flag to which her father had brought honor. Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Caroline kneel before the bier in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The late President’s wife bent to kiss the casket. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Funeral rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352974
Title:
Greek Orthodox memorial for late president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30278 GREEK ORTHODOX MEMORIAL FOR LATE PRESIDENT NEW YORK -- Memorial service for the late President Kennedy is held at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City. Officiating is Metropolitan Germanos of Hierapolis. Mr. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, last year received one of the highest decorations bestowed by the Greek Orthodox Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Polyzōidēs, Germanos, 1897-1993., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy., Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Memorial service., Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352973
Title:
Knights of Malta honor Mr. Johnson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30255 KNIGHTS OF MALTA HONOR MR. JOHNSON NEW YORK -- President Johnson holds the highest decoration presented to a non-Catholic layman by the oldest religious-military order in the Roman Catholic Church. Here, the then Vice-President is shown as he received the Grand Cross of Merit from Don Enzo di Napoli Ranpolla [Rampolla], left, grand chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Mr. Johnson, a Disciples of Christ layman, also was the first American in history to receive the award. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Knights of Malta--Awards., di Napoli Rampolla, Enzo, Prince of Resuttano.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Decorations of honor--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352970
Title:
President Johnson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30254 PRESIDENT JOHNSON Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas, the 36th President of the United States. Succeeding to the office of the Chief Executive upon the assassination of President Kennedy, Mr. Johnson is shown in a recent photograph taken at his office in the Capitol Building. A member of the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), he has said that while the nation believes in separation of Church and State, there “is no separation between the men of the state and faith in God. The private unity of public men with their God in prayer is the enduring source of our unity…Godless nations may become powerful in the world…(but)…people do not prosper when their leaders are godless.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Church and state--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352969
Title:
The First Family: Churchgoers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30248 THE FIRST FAMILY: CHURCHGOERS MIDDLEBURG, Va. -- This was an eventful family day for the John F. Kennedy family. Oct. 27, 1963: the first time all members of the First Family attended church together. Only a few weeks before his third birthday, little “John John” was permitted to attend his first public Mass at the Kennedys’ parish church, St. Stephen the Martyr, at Middleburg, Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994., St. Stephen the Martyr Church (Middleburg, Va.), Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Middleburg (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352966
Title:
The Kennedy smile.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30245 THE KENNEDY SMILE Young, vibrant, with a warm smile and hearty good humor that contrasted sharply with the seriousness and the awesomeness of his responsibility. That was John F. Kennedy on May 29 as he observed his 46th birthday. The youngest President elected to the nation’s highest office, he joshed the White House correspondents on that day: “You all look older today.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Birthdays--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352964
Title:
President Johnson, NCC leaders discuss civil rights.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30357 PRESIDENT JOHNSON, NCC LEADERS DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A strong stand in favor of civil rights legislation by the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly at Philadelphia was followed by an invitation from President Lyndon B. Johnson for NCC leaders to meet with him and discuss measures to expedite passage of the pending bill. With the President are J. Irwin Miller, Columbus, Ind., Disciples of Christ layman who retired as NCC president (seated, left), and his successor, Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (seated, center), and, standing left to right: Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop B. Julian Smith of Chicago, Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dr. Spike is executive director and Bishop Smith and Dr. Blake are vice chairmen of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NC-12B-63-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352934

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