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:
Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-31853 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WARRENTON, Va. -- Former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins (center), director of the Community Relations Service established by the Civil Rights Act, presides at a session during a four-day consultation at Warrenton, Va., where some 150 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen discussed ways to implement the Civil Rights Act and the new anti-poverty program. Sharing the speakers’ table are Dr. Robert W. Spike (right), executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate director of the NCC commission. The consultation was sponsored by the NCC, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11D-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Community Relations Service., Collins, LeRoy., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Lee, James Oscar., Synagogue Council of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Warrenton (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356684
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University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30532 UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS "WALK FOR RECONCILIATION" DETROIT, Mich. -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains and their assistants from Wayne State University conducted a "walk for reconciliation" through downtown Detroit, Mich., to express an "ecumenical imperative toward human solidarity" in all areas of life, particularly race relations. Prayers were offered at each stop on their route -- a store-front church, a theater, a campus religions [sic. religious] center and an apartment building. Participants included, from left to right: the Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Protestant Episcopal chaplain; William Jacobs, lay assistant at the university's Catholic Newman Center; Father Joseph Walsh, director of the Newman Center; Rabbi Max Kapustin of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and the Rev. William Hutchinson, Methodist, of the Wesley Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HW-D-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topics:
Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353839
Title:
University chaplains "Walk for Reconciliation"
Description:
Newspaper clipping from the Detroit Free Press.
Creator:
Detroit Free Press Co. (publisher), Ward, Hiley H. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wayne State University--Chaplains., Boyd, Malcolm., Jacobs, William., Walsh, Joseph., Kapustin, Max., Hutchinson, William.
Topics:
Chaplains--Michigan--Detroit., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights demonstrations--Michigan--Detroit., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353675
Title:
In memoriam: a demonstration for civil rights.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30299 IN MEMORIAM: A DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ST. LOUIS -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish agencies joined in St. Louis in a demonstration for civil rights which was dedicated as a memorial to the late President Kennedy. Quiet, prayerful, the demonstration saw 35,000 people take part in a walk through the city’s main streets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Missouri--St. Louis.
Geographic subjects:
St. Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352982
Title:
Rabbi beaten in Mississippi voter drive.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-31274 RABBI BEATEN IN MISSISSIPPI VOTER DRIVE HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Segregationists wielding metal bars attacked Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld of Cleveland, Ohio, and two other white civil rights workers for their voter registration work with Negroes at Hattiesburg, Miss. He is shown leaving a hospital there after being treated for severe head and body injuries. The rabbi is accompanied (left) by the Rev. Charles W. Rawlings, director of the Cleveland Church Federation’s Office of Religion and Race. The Hattiesburg voter registration campaign, supervised by the National Council of Churches’ race commission, has been maintained since last winter on an interreligious basis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-7C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996., Rawlings, Charles W., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Rabbis--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Victims of violent crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350284
Title:
Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31197 RIGHTS BILL THANKSGIVING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the civil rights bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice. It was held on the lawn of the Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Other leaders in the service included Father John F. Cronin, assistant director, National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department (center of group at wall). Seated next to him (white robe) is Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal). In front of them (bending) is Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director, National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. The service was sponsored by the NCC, the NCWC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Theological Students Vigil for Civil Rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-6D-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350278
Title:
Clergy lead civil rights Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31160 CLERGY LEAD CIVIL RIGHTS WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Religious, labor and civil rights leaders from New York City came to the nation’s capital [capitol] for a March on Washington to urge early passage of the civil rights bill without “crippling amendments.” Some of the 1,200 marchers are shown arriving at Union Station. They went to Capitol Hill to meet with Congressmen and other government officials, held a prayer vigil at the Lincoln Memorial and a rally at the Washington Monument. Co-chairmen of the march were Father Edward T. Dugan of the Resurrection Catholic church, the Rev. Eugene Houston of Rendall Memorial Presbyterian church, and Rabbi Alfred L. Friedman of Union Temple of Brooklyn. The three clergymen serve as co-chairmen of the Committee on Race and Religion of New York’s Committee of Religious Leaders. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-6C-64-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Committee of Religious Leaders of the City of New York., Dugan, Edward T., Catholic Church--Clergy., Houston, W. Eugene., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Friedman, Alfred L., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350275
Title:
Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31124 PHILADELPHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACT ON RACE PHILADELPHIA- Protestant and Roman Catholic bishops make public the first interreligious statement on racial justice and religious harmony ever issued in Philadelphia. Shown left to right are Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, head of the World Methodist Council; Catholic Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia; and Protestant Episcopal Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Pennsylvania. The joint statement was also signed by local Baptist, Lutheran, Quaker, United Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Jewish leaders. For the first time in this city, many of them attended a Mass offered for racial and religious harmony by Archbishop Krol in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-6B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Riley, George. (photographer), Evening bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350271
Title:
Religious groups support civil rights.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31068 RELIGIOUS GROUPS SUPPORT CIVIL RIGHTS PHILADELPHIA-Representatives of church groups demonstrate for racial justice at an “interreligious witness for civil rights” in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall Square. The meeting was attended by several hundred persons from about 25 cooperating religious groups. Aim of the demonstration was an early passage of the civil rights bill in Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-5E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350266
Title:
Civil rights bill supporters at Independence Hall.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Unitarian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349900
Title:
Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349843
Title:
Philadelphia religious leaders act on race.
Creator:
Riley, George. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, World Methodist Council., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Bishops., DeWitt, Robert Lionne.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Interdenominational cooperation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349735
Title:
Dismissed from hospital.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996., Rawlings, Charles W., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Rabbis--Mississippi--Hattiesburg., Victims of violent crimes--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349733
Title:
Civil rights march.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Committee of Religious Leaders of the City of New York., Dugan, Edward T., Catholic Church--Clergy., Houston, W. Eugene., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Friedman, Alfred L., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349710
Title:
Interreligious 'Good Neighbor' drive.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31592 INTERRELIGIOUS 'GOOD NEIGHBOR' DRIVE CLEVELAND -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders in Cleveland cooperated in a one-week drive to get church and synagogue members to sign a "Good Neighbor" pledge. The effort was sponsored by the interreligious Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race. Mayor Ralph S. Locher of Cleveland is shown signing a proclamation calling for the voluntary pledges. Looking on are from left, Father Vincent P. Haas, moderator, Catholic Interracial Council of Cleveland; the Rev. B. Bruce Whittemore, executive secretary, Cleveland Area Church Federation; and Rabbi Alan S. Green, Jewish Community Federation. The pledge, in part, states: "I will support the right of any law-abiding and responsible person of whatever race, religion or national origin to move into my neighborhood." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RLF-RR-9C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Hastings-Willinger & Associates (Cleveland, Ohio) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Locher, Ralph S., Haas, Vincent P., Whittemore, B. Bruce., Cleveland Area Church Federation., Green, Alan S., 1907-1989., Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Judaism and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349437
Title:
President addresses new Community Relations Committee.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Citizens Committee for Community Relations (U.S.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Presidents--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349315
Title:
Good Neighbor Pledges asked in Cleveland churches.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Faist, Russell L. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Locher, Ralph S., Haas, Vincent P., Whittemore, B. Bruce., Cleveland Area Church Federation., Green, Alan S., 1907-1989., Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Judaism and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Ohio--Cleveland., Church and social problems--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349295
Title:
President addresses new Community Relations Committee.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31434 PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NEW COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the new National Citizens Committee for Community Relations, a panel including many Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen, swarm around President Johnson after he spoke to them in the White House Rose Garden. Americans were called on by the President to reject the "indefensible counsel" being offered by divisive forces in society and to work for racial peace through strict adherence to law and order. The Community Relations committee, under the aegis of the Department of Commerce, will serve primarily as a consulting board but also will figure in the negotiation of local problems. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-DC-8D-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Citizens Committee for Community Relations (U.S.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Presidents--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349199
Title:
Students conduct vigil at memorial.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lewis, H. Richard., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Students., Geckeler, Steve., Ekhaml, Bob., Paulist Fathers Seminary (Washington, D.C.)--Students., Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.), Bain, Evelyn., Jewish Theological Seminary of America--Students., Lewis, Sheldon, 1941-
Topics:
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Prayer--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348684
Title:
Predicts civil rights passage.
Description:
Alternate caption by Wide World Photos.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
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:348662

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