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:
Dick Gregory.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: Walther League Convention Sheraton Park Hotel July 28-Aug 1 Dick Gregory Noted entertainer & advocate of Civil Rights
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gregory, Dick., Walther League--Congresses.
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), African American actors--Washington (D.C.), Actors--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350299
Title:
Memento of rights struggle.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350282
Title:
Bishop Stephen Spottswood.
Description:
Detail of PC-31203.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350280
Title:
Negro leaders confer with Attorney General.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31203 NEGRO LEADERS CONFER WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Negro leaders met with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (center) to discuss racial strife in Mississippi and the reported disappearance of three civil rights workers in that state. They are Bishop Stephen Spottswood of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, board chairman of the NAACP (right); and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP. Hundred of volunteer students are expected to work in voter registration projects or teach Negroes in “freedom schools” this summer in Mississippi. Many of them are being trained at one-week orientation courses through efforts of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6D-64-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Attorneys general--United States., African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mississippi--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350279
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:
Winners of religious heritage awards.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31216 WINNERS OF RELIGIOUS HERITAGE AWARDS WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, noted preacher and author (right) was honored as the 1964 Clergyman of the Year by the Religious Heritage of America during its 14th annual Washington Pilgrimage. With him are winners of the RHA’s Lay Church Man and Church Woman of the Year awards. They are J.C. Penney, founder of the chain of stores bearing his name; and Mrs. Dale Evans Rogers, film and TV star. Dr. Peale was cited for his religious broadcasting, books and articles and his work as the head of the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry. Mr. Penney received his award for his “Christian service to mankind” as a businessman and philanthropist, and Mrs. Rogers for her inspirational book, “Angel Unaware,” which she wrote following the death of her two-year-old daughter. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-WASH-6E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Willoughby, William. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Religious Heritage of America (Organization), Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993., Penney, J. C. (James Cash), 1875-1971., Rogers, Dale Evans., Religious Heritage of America (Organization)--Awards., American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry.
Topics:
Award presentations--Washington (D.C.), American fiction--Women authors., American fiction--Authors., Actors--Washington (D.C.), Religious broadcasters--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350235
Title:
President at Nehru memorial service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31123 PRESIDENT AT NEHRU MEMORIAL SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C. -- President Johnson is greeted by Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal) as he arrives to attend a memorial service for the late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India. Some 2,000 dignitaries and guests attended the service, conducted by Dean Sayre. Nearly half of the worshippers were Indians. Dean Sayre eulogized the Indian leader as a man “who believed in a moral order that stands above man’s laws.” Mr. Nehru served as Prime Minister from 1947 when India became independent from Great Britain until his death. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WC-6B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Washington Cathedral. (publisher), Vince Finnigan & Associates (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964--Death and burial., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Washington Cathedral., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Heads of state--India.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350217
Title:
Senators welcome Protestant civil rights marchers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31057 SENATORS WELCOME PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.), right, and Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.), welcome some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen who marched to the Capitol to urge passage of the civil rights bill. The Minnesota legislator, floor manager for the bill, praised the march participants as “good citizens who come in the great American tradition of petition.” After brief ceremonies on the Capitol steps, the churchmen and women called on individual Senators. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator:
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., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350196
Title:
Protestant civil rights procession.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator:
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., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Legislators--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350195
Title:
Protestant civil rights procession.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31056 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROCESSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen moved in silent, solemn procession from the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the Capitol, where they urged immediate passage of a strong civil rights bill. Enroute, the marchers paused briefly on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1954 decision outlawing public school segregation. At right, Dr. Robert W. Spike, director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which sponsored the demonstration, follows Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) down the Capitol steps. Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) addressed the gathering, hailing religious support of the bill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5E-64-NBM)
Creator:
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.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Protestant churches--Clergy., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350194
Title:
Pax Romana delegates greet Attorney General.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31319 PAX ROMANA DELEGATES GREET ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is greeted at Washington by delegates to the biennial Interfederal Assembly of Pax Romana. With him are Joseph Sey Guannu of Sanniquellie, Liberia, and Miss Olga Emilia Brenes of San Jose, Costa Rica. Mr. Kennedy told delegates there is a great need for college students to realize their responsibility in the fields of social justice and community service. He also said he had been “distressed” to find some segregated parochial school systems in the U.S. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-7D-64-W)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Pax Romana--Congresses., Guannu, Joseph Saye., Brenes, Olga Emilia., Georgetown University., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topics:
Youth in church work--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), College students--Costa Rica--San José., College students--Liberia--Sanniquellie. , College students, Black--Liberia--Sanniquellie. , Women college students--Costa Rica--San José., International cooperation--Societies, etc., Student movements.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350183
Title:
Abe Lincoln's church, Washington, D.C.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350106
Title:
Foundry Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foundry United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350105
Title:
First Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350104
Title:
Testified on Katyn massacre.
Description:
Caption from the photo of Fr. Braun originally filed as photo number C-12599.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Braun, Leopold., United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances on the Katyn Forest Massacre., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Communist countries--Foreign relations--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Katynʹ (Russia)--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349868
Title:
Sayre greets President on arrival at cathedral with wife.
Creator:
Washington Cathedral. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964--Death and burial., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Washington Cathedral., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Heads of state--India.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349851
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:
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:
At Justice Department meeting.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968., Spottswood, Stephen G. (Stephen Gill), 1897-1974., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Mississippi Freedom Project.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Attorneys general--United States., African American bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mississippi--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349651

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