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:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359387
Title:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359386
Title:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359385
Title:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359384
Title:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359383
Title:
Lincoln University.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3396 Interracial Lincoln University, Pa April 23rd, 1946 8 negs.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lincoln University (Pa.)
Topics:
Discussion., Race relations--Congresses., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359382
Title:
Leader in inter-racial living.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #882 LEADER IN INTER-RACIAL LIVING Mrs. Harper Sibley, of Rochester, N.Y., president of the United Council of Church Women, who refuses to take part in any meeting of that group if it is held in cities where all facilities are not available to persons of all races and creeds. At the latest conference of the United Council of Church Women, just closed at Washington, D.C., Mrs. Sibley lived at the headquarters offices of the National Council of Negro Women. She is shown at a desk in the building making plans for the day’s sessions, which were held at the First Congregational Church in Washington.
Creator:
Ferras. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sibley, Georgiana Harper., United Council of Church Women--Congresses., National Council of Negro Women.
Topics:
Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358888
Title:
Addresses race relations session.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION #S-1317 NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches, (standing) addresses the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-5-D-W-O)
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357019
Title:
McPeek addresses race relations session.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1329 MCPEEK ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of the Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches (standing), speaking at the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Miss Helen Fuller, Washington editor of the New Republic magazine; Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. 12/5/45
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356965
Title:
White.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1327 WHITE NEW YORK -- Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (standing), is shown addressing the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated at Mr. White’s right are Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, secretary of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC, and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College. 12/5/45
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., White, Walter, 1893-1955., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356964
Title:
At race relations meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1326 AT RACE RELATIONS MEETING NEW YORK -- General view of the meeting hall at St. George’s Episcopal Church here during the annual meeting of Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. 12/5/45
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356963
Title:
White condemns Truman.
Description:
Image of caption with original draft readable under the edits.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., White, Walter, 1893-1955., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356834
Title:
Church and society conference discussed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32152 CHURCH AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE DISCUSSED ENUGU, Nigeria -- Plans for a World Conference on Church and Society, scheduled for July 1966, are discussed at Enugu, Nigeria, by churchmen attending a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches’ Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service and the All Africa Conference of Churches. The consultation preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting. From left to right are: Prof. Aluko of the economics department of the University of Nigeria; Dr. Paul Abrecht, executive secretary of the WCC’s Department on Church and Society; the Rev. Adeolu Adegbola, Methodist theologian and director of Immanuel Theological College at Ibadan, Nigeria; and Mr. Bola Ige, Ibadan lawyer who drafted a report on international affairs for the consultation. 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), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355945
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:
World Council of Churches photo.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355670
Title:
Church and society conference discussed.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355642
Title:
"Religion and Race" leaders in Cleveland.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30717 'RELIGION AND RACE' LEADERS IN CLEVELAND CLEVELAND -- A continuing, comprehensive program to combat racial discrimination was pledged at Cleveland by these distinguished clergymen who sponsored the city's Conference on Religion and Race. Left to right, they are Bishop Eugene C. Hatcher of the Third Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church; Protestant Episcopal Bishop Nelson M. Burroughs of Ohio; Auxiliary Bishop John F. Whealon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, and Dr. Daniel J. Silver, rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland. They designated representatives to draw up plans for a permanent conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RLF-RR-3B-64-W)
Creator:
Riley, G. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatcher, Eugene C., Episcopal Church--Bishops., African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Burroughs, Nelson M., Whealon, John F., Catholic Church. Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio), Silver, Daniel Jeremy., Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353870
Title:
UCC leaders express civil rights support.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30735 UCC LEADERS EXPRESS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An expression of United Church of Christ support for passage of the pending civil rights bill was carried to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.), second from left, by four national leaders of the United Church of Christ. The churchmen were among more than 100 delegates of the denomination, a group described as a "first wave" of ministers and laymen who traveled to Washington, D.C., to urge passage of the legislation "without crippling amendments." With Sen. Humphrey, the Senate majority whip, from left, are Dr. Ray Gibbons of New York, director of the UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC president; the Rev. Nicholas Hood of Detroit, chairman of the denomination's Committee for Racial Justice Now, and Dr. Truman B. Douglass, New York, executive vice president of the UCC Board for Homeland Ministries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UC-NY-3C-64-NBM)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ--Clergy., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Gibbons, Ray., General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action., Herbster, Ben M., 1904-, Hood, Nicholas, 1951-, Douglass, Truman B.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353829
Title:
Three faiths map fight on racial discrimination.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatcher, Eugene C., Episcopal Church--Bishops., African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Burroughs, Nelson M., Whealon, John F., Catholic Church. Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio), Silver, Daniel Jeremy., Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353592
Title:
UCC leaders express civil rights support.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ--Clergy., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Gibbons, Ray., General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action., Herbster, Ben M., 1904-, Hood, Nicholas, 1951-, Douglass, Truman B.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353567

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