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:
Leaders of march visit White House.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29806 LEADERS OF MARCH VISIT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representatives of religious, civic, labor and civil rights groups chat on the White House lawn before a meeting with President Kennedy which followed the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. From left are: Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, who marched in place of CORE president, James Farmer, who remained in Louisiana where he had been jailed in a rights protest; Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; A. Philip Randolph, director of the March on Washington and founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.), Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Congress of Racial Equality., Ahmann, Mathew H., National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., American Jewish Congress., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil right workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358123
Title:
Dr. Blake addresses Africa consultation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32050 DR. BLAKE ADDRESSES AFRICA CONSULTATION ENUGU, Nigeria -- Steps toward the solution of race problems are outlined at a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Dr. Blake also is chairman of the World Council of Churches’ Committee on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, which jointly sponsored the consultation with the All Africa Conference of Churches. The meeting preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting at Enugu, Nigeria. Seated, from left to right, are: the Rev. Jean Kotto, general secretary of the Evangelical Church in the Cameroun; Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and one of the WCC’s six presidents, and Dr. Donal M’Timkulu, former general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., Kotto, Jean., Église évangélique du Cameroun--Clergy., Ibiam, Akanu., M'Timkulu, Donald G.S., All Africa Conference of Churches.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355900
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
Title:
NCC holds Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30317 NCC HOLDS KENNEDY MEMORIAL SERVICE PHILADELPHIA -- President Kennedy, who was to have addressed the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly in Philadelphia, was memorialized at a special service held at the sessions. Officiating at the service were, left to right, J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., outgoing NCC president; Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia, African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Bishop Baber read the litany and Dr. Blake led the worship service. It was attended by representatives of the NCC’s 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Baber, George Wilbur., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Memorial service., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352931
Title:
JFK and religious leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30273 JFK AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS The late John Fitzgerald Kennedy won the respect and friendship of many of the nation’s and world’s religious leaders. Above, at the White House, he is shown as he received Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in November, 1962. Below, he addresses leaders of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who advised him of the denomination’s plans to build a multi-million dollar National Presbyterian church in the nation’s capital [sic]. Shown from left are: President Kennedy; Major Gen. (Retired) Reginald C. Harmon, USAF; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk of the Church’s General Assembly; Dr. Edward L.R. Elson, pastor of the National Presbyterian church; the Rev. Stewart C. McKenzie, pastor of the Western Presbyterian church, Washington, D.C.; and Henry R. Luce, New York publisher and prominent Presbyterian layman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Harmon, Reginald Carl, 1900-1992., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993., McKenzie, Stuart C., Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352922
Title:
NCC officials face Mississippi press.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31163 NCC OFFICIALS FACE MISSISSIPPI PRESS JACKSON, Miss. -- Christian motivation behind civil rights programs in Mississippi is stressed by two National Council of Churches race relations leaders as they meet reporters in the concourse of the airport at Jackson. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, explained the summer student program which will bring some 500-1000 college students to the state to conduct “freedom schools” for Negroes, and a long-range anti-poverty “Delta Ministry” to be launched in the fall under NCC auspices. The Council was conducting orientation sessions for summer program volunteers, who will work under the direction of civil rights groups in the democracy education and voter registration effort. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EC-JM-6C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Chambers, Elsie May. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mississippi Freedom Project., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Clergy--Mississippi--Jackson., Press conferences--Mississippi--Jackson.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350224
Title:
Assault victims address Presbyterian assembly.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31073 ASSAULT VICTIMS ADDRESS PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY OKLAHOMA CITY - Two United Presbyterian clergymen, the Rev. Alexander Stuart of Oak Ridge, Tenn. (center) and the Rev. Geddes Orman of Knoxville, Tenn., described being attacked by a gun-wielding racist in Camden, Ala., to delegates to the 176th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. They pose here with Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the denomination, which convened in Oklahoma City. The clergymen, who said they had gone to Alabama on ecclesiastical business, were accused by a man who broke into their hotel room of trying to “stir up” Negroes. The assailant beat Mr. Stuart with a shotgun, breaking the clergyman’s arm, and fired a pistol shot at the clergymen as they broke away and escaped in opposite directions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-OK-5E-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Stuart, Alexander Montgomery, 1926-, Orman, Geddes.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Congresses and conventions--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City., Victims of crimes--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.), Alabama--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350210
Title:
Pope Paul, United Presbyterian leaders meet.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31432 POPE PAUL, UNITED PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS MEET CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Leaders of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. became the first top officials of a U.S. Protestant denomination to have a private audience with Pope Paul VI. Meeting with the Roman Catholic pontiff for 20 minutes at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo were, from left to right: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins of New York, first Negro moderator of the 3.3 million member denomination; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrative officer, and Richard L. Davies of Washington, D.C., lay chairman of the denomination's Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-8D-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Hawkins, Edler G., 1908-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Davies, Richard L., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., Catholic Church--Relations--Presbyterian Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Popes., Meetings--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., African American Presbyterians--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349197
Title:
United Presbyterian leaders meet Pope.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31431 UNITED PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS MEET POPE (NOTE TO EDITORS: We are rushing this radiophoto to you for those of you who need it for your deadlines. A picture of better quality will be sent to you tomorrow.) CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Paul VI held his first private audience with top officials of a U.S. Protestant denomination at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Meeting for 20 minutes with the pontiff were Dr. Edler G. Hawkins of New York, first Negro moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (center) and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrator of the denomination. Pope Paul expressed deep concern over America's civil rights struggle and called for continuation of the ecumenical dialogue. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Hawkins, Edler G., 1908-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Catholic Church--Relations--Presbyterian Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Popes., Meetings--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., African American Presbyterians--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349196
Title:
President urges religious civil rights support.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30963 PRESIDENT URGES RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s religious community was challenged by President Johnson to “reawaken the conscience” of the nation and make the civil rights bill -- which he predicted would pass -- an effective force in the struggle for equal justice. A total of 177 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen heard the President in the East Room of the White House on the day following a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University to demand passage of the civil rights bill. Seated under painting to the President’s right, from right to left, are top Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen: Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a vice chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, and Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348439
Title:
Enthusiastic interreligious crowd urges civil rights.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30959 ENTHUSIASTIC INTERRELIGIOUS CROWD URGES CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 6,000 Protestants, Catholics and Jews enthusiastically applaud as Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. chief administrator and chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission, demands that civil rights legislation “must and will be enacted -- and the time is now.” All 535 Senators and Representatives were invited to the interreligious convocation at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and several attended. At left in the front row are the two New York Republican Senators, Jacob K. Javits and Kenneth B. Keating, and sixth from left is Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.), floor manager of the civil rights bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Thompson, Kenneth. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Georgetown University., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Interreligious cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348438
Title:
Rabbi speaks for civil rights.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30958 RABBI SPEAKS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America, urges immediate passage of pending civil rights legislation at a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. More than 6,000 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews attended the convocation. Other main speakers, from left to right immediately behind the rostrum, included Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington and Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the National Council of Churches’ race commission. At far right is Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Thompson, Kenneth. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Christian Methodist Episcopal Church., Synagogue Council of America., O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.), Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Interreligious cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348437
Title:
Leaders at interreligious civil rights rally.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30951 LEADERS AT INTERRELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY WASHINGTON, D. C. -- These were the leaders of the Interreligious Convocation on Civil Rights attended by some 5,000 clergy and lay people at Georgetown University in Washington, held in support of the civil rights bill in Congress. Sponsors of the convocation were the National Council of Churches, National Catholic Welfare Conference and Synagogue Council of America. Left to right are: Catholic Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, who presided; Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chairman of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race and chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.; Catholic Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore; and Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, vice-chairman of the NCC commission. The overflow crowd jammed both the Catholic university’s gymnasium and nearby auditorium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Synagogue Council of America., O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Shehan, Lawrence, 1898-1984., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Interreligious cooperation--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348435
Title:
Religious support for civil rights bill.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30893 RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A demand that the U.S. Senate pass the “strongest possible” civil rights bill was made by leading Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish spokesmen as they announced an interreligious convocation in support of the measure would be held in the nation’s capital on April 28. A joint statement calling the convocation and stating that religious groups cannot watch the debate as “uninvolved spectators” was issued by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (speaking), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and head of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Father John F. Cronin, S.S. (left), assistant director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-4D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Thompson, Kenneth. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Synagogue Council of America., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348433
Title:
Dr. Blake in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-20060. DR. BLAKE IN ALASKA. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, President of the National Council of Churches, is fitted with arctic gear at Elmendorf Air Force Base here during his Christmas visit to American servicemen and chaplains of the Alaskan command. Assisting him is Chaplain (Col.) Martin C. Foch of the Alaskan Command. Dr. Blake made the journey as spiritual ambassador of the National Council's 30 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Communions and their 144,000 local churches. The visit marks the third consecutive year that he has spent the Christmas holidays with the men in the armed forces. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-12C-56-NAB-P)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Foch, Martin C., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
Topics:
Christmas., Interdenominational cooperation., Military chaplains--Alaska--Anchorage.
Geographic subjects:
Anchorage (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288246
Title:
Dr. Blake at YWCA observance.
Description:
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake meets with representatives of the YWCA from Japan, Italy, and Burma.
Creator:
Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)., Suzukawa, Emiko., Viola, Loreha., Watanabe, Hiriko., New, New Vi
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Christian women--United States--Congresses., Christian women--Japan., Christian women--Burma., Christian women--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151296
Title:
March leaders confer with president.
Description:
The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:12190
Title:
American churchmen visit Moscow gallery.
Description:
Moscow--American church leaders visit the Tretiakov Gallery here during their ten-day stay in the Soviet Union. Shown in front row are, left to right: Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., a member of the National Council's general board; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11060
Title:
American churchmen sight-seeing in Moscow.
Description:
Moscow--Seven of nine American Protestant leaders on a ten-day visit to Moscow go sight-seeing in Red Square accompanied by a Russian Orthodox churchman and two interpreters. Left to right are: Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., an attorney; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. Franklin C. Fry of New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; an unidentified interpreter; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Archimandrite Pemin of the Russian Orthodox Church; unidentified interpreter; Dr. Hubert Gezork of Newton Center, Mass., president of Andover Newtown Theological Seminary; and Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee. The visit was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of the Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian church.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11058
Title:
Protestant churchmen in Moscow.
Description:
Moscow--Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutitsky and Kolomna, second-ranking official of the Moscow patriarchate, greets Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches, on the arrival here of nine American church officials for a ten-day visit. Dr. Blake is head of the delegation. The trip was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of patriarch Alexei of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The American visit will be returned in June by a Russian Orthodox group. While in Moscow, the churchmen will confer and seek to establish continuing with Christian leaders of the Soviet Union. (Clergymen in background not identified.)
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer), Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nikolaĭ, Metropolitan of Krutit︠s︡y and Kolomna, 1892-1961, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11057

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