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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Protests 'Permissive' Bible-reading in school.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30648 PROTESTS 'PERMISSIVE' BIBLE-READING IN SCHOOL LEWISBURG, Pa. -- James Snavely, plaintiff in the suit against "permissive Bible reading" in the Cornwall-Lebanon School District in Pennsylvania, checks notes with his wife Mary and children, Victoria and Eric. Describing himself as "a religious man," Mr. Snavely held it immoral for the school board to defy the U.S. Supreme Court decision against devotional practices in public schools. Just before the suit was to be called for a hearing, the school board reversed its decision and said it would instead order use of the Bible "as literature and history." The American Civil Liberties Union said it would oppose the new program as devised by the board. Shortly after Mr. Snavely filed suit, he was arrested in the middle of the night and fined $53 for failure to license his dogs in 1962. When the United Churches of Greeter Harrisburg protested the police action, an investigation of the alleged intimidation and harassment was ordered. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-2D-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Snavely, James., Snavely, Mary., Snavely, Victoria., Snavely, Eric.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania--Lewisburg., Freedom of religion--United States., Court proceedings--Pennsylvania--Lewisburg.
Geographic subjects:
Lewisburg (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353856

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