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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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'Revelations' from the Rev. Moon.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46042 ‘REVELATIONS’ FROM THE REV. MOON NEW YORK -- Intensity shows on the face of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon as he makes his much publicized appearance at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Korean preacher, founder of the Unification Church, declared time and again during his two and one-half hour discourse that “the messiah” will come soon and establish the “physical kingdom of God on earth.” This new messiah will be the same one that Christians believe came in Jesus Christ, the evangelist asserted, making veiled references to “new revelations” concerning the messiah. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-9C-74-DS)
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White House welcome.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46009 WHITE HOUSE WELCOME WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford welcomed Premier Yitzhak Rabin of Israel to the White House with a strong public pledge that the United States remained “committed to Israel’s survival and security.” At the start of four days of talks about the Middle East and Israeli-American relations, Mr. Rabin, a former ambassador to Washington who was making his first visit to the U.S. as Premier, received full honors -- a 19-gun salute, a military honor guard and several thousand invited guests waving American and Israeli flags on the south lawn of the White House. Here, from left, Mrs. Rabin, Mr. Ford, Mr. Rabin and Mrs. Ford stand on a White House balcony during welcoming ceremonies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-9B-74-DS)
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Sentenced clergyman leads protest.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46060 SENTENCED CLERGYMAN LEADS PROTEST CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- The Rev. Ezra Graley (in light coat, center), the pastor of Summit Ridge Church of God in adjoining Lincoln County, leads opponents of the controversial English supplemental textbooks in a demonstration at Charleston, W.Va. Mr. Graley, a resident of Kanawha County (which includes Charleston), is free under a $2,500 bond on appeal of a 30-day jail sentence and $250 fine for violating a court injunction limiting the number of pickets on Kanawha County school board property to five, and prohibiting demonstrators from interfering with the “free ingress and agress” [sic] of pedestrians or vehicles. He was one of three ministers to be arrested and sentenced. The ministers, like many of the county’s coal miners and other parents, consider the textbooks to be anti-Christian and anti-American. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GA-CHA-9D-74-DS)
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Thousands celebrate Graham anniversary.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46057 THOUSANDS CELEBRATE GRAHAM ANNIVERSARY HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- An estimated 12,000 persons, twice the number which could be accommodated in the 1949 tent at Washington and Hill Streets in Los Angeles, fill the Hollywood Bowl for the opening service of the 25th anniversary celebration of evangelist Billy Graham’s first big crusade in Los Angeles -- the crusade that brought him fame and an evergrowing audience. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-LA-9D-74-DS)
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Rescued from flood waters.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46056 RESCUED FROM FLOOD WATERS SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- A man at right anxiously checks the condition of his half-drowned child being carried by a fireman to a rescue center at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, after Hurricane Fifi slammed into the northern coast of the Central American republic. The storm left thousands dead and tens of thousands homeless, mainly from torrential rains and flooding. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-HON-9D-74-DS)
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NBC presentation of 'Godfather' condemned.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46052 NBC PRESENTATION OF ‘GODFATHER’ CONDEMNED NASHVILLE -- The National Broadcasting Company’s decision to televise “The Godfather” in November has been labeled an “outrageous example of upside down values” by a staff member of a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) agency in Nashville. Harry N. Hollis, director of family and special moral concerns for SBC’s Christian Life Commission, called on NBC to cancel its announced showing of the Academy Award winning film, which he termed “too violent for television.” A spokesman for NBC, however, urged that the film not be protested in advance, but after viewing the edited version on television, according to a report by Baptist Press, news service of the 12.3-million-member SBC. The film stars, among others, Marlon Brando, who is shown in this scene. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-9D-74-DS)
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Hurricane hits Honduras.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46051 HURRICANE HITS HONDURAS SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- Hurricane Fifi slammed into the coast of Honduras, leaving a path of death and destruction in her wake. The storm, and the rains it brought, left an estimated 5,000 dead, 60,000 homeless and property damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The hurricane swept along Honduras’ Caribbean coast, causing wind and flood damage in a number of the country’s largest cities. At top, firemen in San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second largest city, rescue people during the height of the hurricane. Below, flood waters inundate banana crops and workers’ houses near Choloma, a town that was virtually destroyed when a wall of water and mud swept through it, killing almost half of its 6,000 people. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B/A-HON-9D-74-DS)
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Navy's first black woman chaplain.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46050 NAVY’S FIRST BLACK WOMAN CHAPLAIN ATLANTA -- The Rev. Vivian McFadden is commissioned in Atlanta as the first black woman chaplain in the U.S. Navy by Chief of Navy Chaplains Francis L. Garrett. A United Methodist minister from Kingstree, S.C., she is the fourth woman and the second black woman to enter the U.S. military chaplaincy. Chaplain McFadden was ordained earlier this year and accepted as the first woman to full ministerial standing in the denomination’s South Carolina Conference. She has been associate pastor of John’s Island Parish, John’s Island, S.C., for the past 15 months. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-ATL-9D-74-DS)
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Glad to be back.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46049 GLAD TO BE BACK APPLETON, Minn. -- Robert Cousins, one of 120 Belfast children who spent six weeks this Summer in the Upper Midwest away from the strife of Northern Ireland, is back on the farm of Eldon and Mary Voorhees in Appleton, Minn. Rob’s mother, Frances Cousins, fearing for the safety of her 12-year-old son, wrote to the Voorhees asking if they’d have him back. He’ll be in Minnesota a year, and “then we’ll figure things out from there,” Mrs. Voorhees said. “If the situation is still the same over there and his mother agrees, then he’ll stay. If she wants him back, then he’ll go.” To Rob, the return to Minnesota means “getting to drive the tractor and feeding the cows and sheep. It’s so good here. There’s no shooting here, no bombs and I’m not scared.” The boy is hoping his mother will come to visit him in Minnesota, but her finances are limited. The Voorhees, who have no children, paid for his trip back to the farm. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MIN-9D-74-DS)
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Tiny refugee.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46045 TINY REFUGEE DHEKELIA, Cyprus -- Clutching his most treasured possession, a pet canary, 18-month-old Georges Theodorou toddles to safety from the fighting in Cyprus. The tiny Greek Cypriote was among the thousands of refugees who fled to the British military base at Dhekelia when Turkish armed forces occupied the northern third of the island. His parents grabbed the cage and a few other possessions as they fled from their home in Famagusta when Turkish tanks rumbled into the town. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-NY-9C-74-DS)
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Textbook protest.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46041 TEXTBOOK PROTEST CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- Parents and children, protesting against the use of supplemental textbooks used in junior high and high school English classes in Kanawha County, demonstrate at Charleston’s Civic Center during a meeting of the West Virginia Education Association. Since the new school year began Sept. 3, Kanawha and Boone Counties have been in turmoil, with picket lines in front of schools, coal mines and factories. Fundamentalist clergy and some parents and coal miners have charged that the readings set forth “anti-Christian” views as well as being un-patriotic and “obscene.” After a week of protests, the Kanawha County School Board announced a “compromise” under which the texts would be withdrawn from the schools for a 30-day period during which they would be reviewed by an 18-member citizens’ committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GA-CHA-9C-74-DS)
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Discuss South American trip.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46040 DISCUSS SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP LONDON -- Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury and his wife Joan describe, with the aid of a map, their itinerary during a London press conference several days before leaving on a 17-day visit to South America. It is the Anglican Primate’s first visit to that continent and the last trip he will be making overseas before retiring on Nov. 15. Archbishop Ramsey said that his trip may include a meeting with the leaders of the Chilean junta which last year seized power from Marxist Present Allende. He defended his decision to go to Chile by saying that if he visits an overseas country it is not to be assume that his visit means he is giving approval or blessing to the political regime there. And, he said further, “whenever I meet with a government that is known to be oppressive, I always do draw attention to the distress that is caused by acts of injustice.” In addition to Chile, Archbishop Ramsey and his wife will visit Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. The trip will coincide with the celebration of the first 150 years of Anglicanism in South America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-LON-9C-74-DS)
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Draft evaders watch president.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46030 DRAFT EVADERS WATCH PRESIDENT TORONTO -- U.S. draft evaders living in Toronto watch President Ford’s televised press conference on the same day that Mr. Ford offered a program of earned re-entry into American society to thousands of Vietnam War era draft resisters and military deserters. From left are: Steve Grossman, Chicago; Fritz Efaw, Stillwater, Okla; Charlie Stimac, Detroit; Joe Jones, Wilkesboro, N.C.; Jack Calhoun, Philadelphia; and Mr. Jones’ wife, Jeanette. The President’s program covers convicted and unconvicted draft evaders and convicted and unconvicted military absentees, including those in self-exile abroad. Up to two years of alternate service in jobs of public value is stipulate for unconvicted draft evaders and deserters. The cases of convicted resisters and deserters will come before a nine-member clemency board. Draft exiles in Canada were generally cool toward earned re-entry. Many young men who fled to escape induction feel they have nothing to atone for in a period of alternate service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-TOR-9C-74-DS)
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AIM leaders cleared of charges.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45029 AIM LEADERS CLEARED OF CHARGES ST. PAUL, Minn. -- American Indian Movement (AIM) leaders Russell Means (left) and Dennis Banks raise their arms in a victory gesture in St. Paul after U.S. District Judge Fred Nichol dismissed all charges against them for leading the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., in 1973. The judge specifically blamed the dismissal on the refusal of the government to go with 11 jurors after one became ill on the second day of deliberations. The government indicated it might appeal the decision. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-SP-9C-74-DS)
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Signs amnesty orders.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46028 SIGNS AMNESTY ORDERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford signs a proclamation and two Executive orders giving conditional amnesty to thousands of Vietnam era draft evaders and military deserters. Under the program, amnesty will be granted in exchange for up to 24 months of public service and reaffirmation of allegiance to the United States. Mr. Ford also established a nine-member Presidential clemency board to review the cases of those already convicted or punished for desertion or draft evasion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-9C-74-DS)
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Tears amid ruins.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46027 TEARS AMID RUINS BIEN HOA, S. Vietnam -- A weeping Vietnamese woman sits amid the ruins of her home near Bien Hoa. The village was occupied by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese for several days, during which most of the homes were destroyed. The villagers fled when the town was first occupied and returned after reoccupation by South Vietnamese government troops. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SAI-9C-74-DS)
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School buses receive police escort.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46022 SCHOOL BUSES RECEIVE POLICE ESCORT BOSTON -- School buses carrying black students are given a police motorcycle escort as they head for South Boston High School on the second day of court-ordered busing in Boston. Widespread student boycotts and sporadic disturbances marked the first day of school in the predominantly white South Boston section which, under the court’s integration plan, had been combined into one school district with the largely black Roxbury section. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-9C-74-DS)
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Convicted of slaying Mrs. King.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46021 CONVICTED OF SLAYING MRS. KING ATLANTA -- Marcus Wayne Chenault (right) is escorted from court in Atlanta after he was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr., and a church deacon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Mrs. King’s husband is a pastor. Mr. Chenault, a 23-year-old black college student from Dayton, Ohio, clapped his hands as the jury convicted him, and blew kisses at the court as the sentence was read. Grinning, Mr. Chenault told the court, “My name is Servant Jacob. I was ordered here by my God, my father and my master.” At the time of the murder, he claimed he had been sent by his “god” to confront Mr. King, Sr., father of the slain civil rights leader. The defendant was said to be part of a group which believes black minister have misled their people and should be punished. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ATL-9C-74-DS)
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Some children stayed home.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46019 SOME CHILDREN STAYED HOME BOSTON -- A school bus carrying only two white students leaves a pickup point and heads toward South Boston High School on the first day of a controversial court-ordered busing program to integrate Boston’s public schools. Some violence and a largely successful boycott marked the first day of school in the South Boston neighborhood, although other sections of the city remained calm. Attendance throughout the school system was reported to be 35 per cent below normal. Under the integration plan, the black Roxbury section and the white South Boston sections were combined into one school district. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-9B-74-DS)
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Guinea-Bissau granted independence.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46007 GUINEA-BISSAU GRANTED INDEPENDENCE LISBON -- President Antonio de Spinola of Portugal (right) hands a document recognizing the independence of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to Maj. Pedro Pires, a leader of the African Party for the Independence of Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands, during a ceremony in Lisbon. At center is Portuguese Premier Vasco dos Santo Goncalves. The signing of the document ended five centuries of colonial rule in the small West African territory which had been known as Portuguese Guinea. The ceremony formally began the dissolution of Portugal’s African empire, to which she has clung through 10 years of colonial wars. Gen. Spinola, who came to power in April, has announced plans for granting independence as well to Angola and Mozambique. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-LIS-9B-74-DS)
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