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:
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses Washington marchers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29812 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ADDRESSES WASHINGTON MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A stirring climax to ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was reached when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stepped to the rostrum and called on the nation to end racial discrimination “now.” The Baptist minister, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was widely hailed as the “civil rights and religious leader” of the event. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358341
Title:
United Church sends large delegation to Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: UCC-29809 UNITED CHURCH SENDS LARGE DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the largest contingents among religious group sin the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that of the United Church of Christ. The denominational banner was prominent among the thousands carried from the Washington Monument, in background, to the Lincoln Memorial during the March. Religious participation in the demonstration was vividly evident, with more than half of the banners identifying marching groups as those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Church of Christ.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358139
Title:
Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358124
Title:
National anthem opens Washington march program.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29811 NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENS WASHINGTON MARCH PROGRAM WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A young Negro usher, holding cap at right, stands solemnly with religious, civil rights and labor leaders on the platform in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the national anthem at the opening of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom program. Five of the 10 chairmen of the March also on the platform were, from left to right: Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union; 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; and, second from right, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., 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., National Urban League., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America., American Jewish Congress., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Labor movement--United States--20th century., National songs--United States., Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358097
Title:
Large NCC delegation marches in Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29808 LARGE NCC DELEGATION MARCHES IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the large Protestant contingents in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom moved under the banner of the National Council of Churches. The group was led by Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, at left, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race, which played a key role in organizing the demonstration and stimulating participation by churchmen and women. With Dr. Spike is the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a leader of the National Baptist Convention of American and a vice president-at-large of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358096
Title:
"Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358094
Title:
"Operation sandwich" aids hungry Washington marchers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29790 ‘OPERATION SANDWICH’ AIDS HUNGRY WASHINGTON MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Eighty-thousand cheese sandwiches, with apples and pieces of marble cake, were packed into lunchboxes at Riverside Church in New York City, then rushed in refrigerated trucks to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The project to “feed the multitude” of hungry marchers was sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At top, Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, and Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, NCC coordinator of March activities, dedicate the lunches “for the nourishment of thousands” who went to Washington “to say with their bodies and souls that ‘we shall overcome,’” racial injustice. In the bottom photo, some of more than 400 volunteers -- Catholics and Jews as well as Protestants -- assemble the lunches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York., Benediction--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358093
Title:
NCC chorus rehearses for Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29748 NCC CHORUS REHEARSES FOR WASHINGTON MARCH NEW YORK -- “Freedom Songs,” which have become increasingly familiar across the nation with the accelerating pace of demonstrations for racial justice, were to have a place in the massive civil rights march on Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28. One musical group scheduled to take part in the demonstration was comprised of volunteers from the National Council of Churches staff in New York City. The chorus shown rehearsing above is lead [sic] by Merrill [Merritt] Hedgeman well-known concert artist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8D-63-NBM)
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., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Hedgeman, Merritt., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Singing--New York (State)--New York., Music rehearsals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358089
Title:
Procession opens racial prayer service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29736 PROCESSION OPENS RACIAL PRAYER SERVICE CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- A bi-racial group of 36 ministers from 11 states and the District of Columbia joined Clarksdale, Miss., Negro clergymen in a prayer service for the “healing of Christ’s body torn apart by racial segregation.” The visitors went to the heavily-segregated city at the request of the National Council of Churches’ special Commission on Religion and Race, which has tried to open integration discussions with local authorities. The service in the Negro First Baptist church was preceded by a gathering of the clergymen in the nearby Haven Methodist church, also a Negro congregation. Leading a procession to the interracial service -- which drew only a handful of Clarksdale whites and no local white clergymen -- were Dr. Robert Dodds, right, of New York City, general director of planning for the NCC, and the Rev. C.D. Coleman of Memphis, Tenn., general secretary of the Board of Christian Education, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8C-63-NBM)
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. Commission on Religion and Race., Dodds, Robert C., Coleman, C. D. (Coleman D.), Christian Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Segregation--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Clergy--Mississippi--Clarksdale.
Geographic subjects:
Clarksdale (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358086
Title:
Injunction served during racial prayer service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29735 INJUNCTION SERVED DURING RACIAL PRAYER SERVICE CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- One of the few Clarksdale, Miss., white men to step inside the city’s First Baptist church during a prayer service for racial unity was a county deputy sheriff. He served an injunction on two of 36 ministers from several states who traveled to Clarksdale at the request of the National Council of Churches’ special Commission on Religion and Race. The injunction, while not applicable to the religious observance in the Negro church, was a sweeping ban against virtually all types of integration demonstrations. None of the approximately 20 white Clarksdale clergymen took part in the prayer service. The NCC commission and Clarksdale Negro ministers held the service in an effort to establish communication with local authorities. The injuction was handed here to the Rev. Brad Minturn, left, a Protestant Episcopal minister of Silver Spring, Md., and the Rev. Gerald Forshey, a leader of the Interracial Council of Methodists in Chicago, Ill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8C-63-NBM)
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. Commission on Religion and Race., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Minturn, Brad., Forshey, Gerald Eugene, 1932-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Prayer--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Injunctions--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Clergy--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Sheriffs--Mississippi--Coahoma County.
Geographic subjects:
Clarksdale (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358085
Title:
At NCC Ecumenical Institute.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29681 AT NCC ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- A migrant ministry exhibit is viewed by four participants of the National Council of Churches; eight annual Ecumenical Institute at Black Mountain, N.C., attended by some 100 leaders of 17 church bodies. Left to right: Mrs. Ann Warner of Memphis, Tenn., secretary of the Southern Field Office, NCC’s migrant ministry; Mrs. A. Beatrice Williams of Jacksonville, Fla., editor, Women’s Missionary magazine, African Methodist Episcopal Church; Prof. Ralph L. Williamson of Atlanta, Ga., instructor in town and country work, Interdenominational Theological Seminary; and Dr. Henry C. McCanna of New York, executive director, NCC’s Department of Town and Country Churches. Sponsored by the NCC’s Southern Office, the interdenominational and interracial institute was designed to promote understanding and cooperation among southern Christians. Dr. McCanna was one of the principal speakers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-7E-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., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Warner, Ann., Williams, A. Beatrice., Williamson, Ralph L., McCanna, Henry C.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Home missions--United States., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Ecumenical movement--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Church and social problems--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Black Mountain (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358079
Title:
Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
Description:
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
Title:
Christian-Jewish relations authority visits U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31800 CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS AUTHORITY VISITS U.S. NEW YORK -- Dr. Gertrud Luckner, noted German Catholic scholar who has devoted most of her life to improving interreligious relations, and Rabbi Arthur Gilbert, staff consultant to the National Conference of Christians and Jews’ Religious Freedom and Public Affairs Project, examine a copy of a publication she edits, “Freiburger Rundbrief.” Dr. Luckner, who survived three years in a Nazi concentration camp and has been honored by Israel on many occasion for her assistance to Jews, was the guest at a reception held in New York as she arrived in the U.S. for a two-month lecture tour. Her publication, which is devoted to “promoting friendship between the old and new people of God under both the Old and New Testaments,” is sponsored by Catholics but also features articles by Protestants and Jews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Luckner, Gertrud., Gilbert, Arthur., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Women in church work--New York (State)--New York., Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356677
Title:
Mobile demical unit dedicated.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31934 MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT DEDICATED NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Steward, a missionary doctor attached to the United Andean Indian Mission, examines equipment in a $7,500 mobile medical unit which he and colleagues will use in mission work in Indian villages in the Ecuador mountains. Looking on is the Rev. John H. Sinclair, secretary of the UAIM, which coordinates the work in Ecuador of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the United Church of Christ. The unit was unveiled at a ceremony in New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-12C-64-MH)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Steward, Richard., United Andean Indian Mission., Sinclair, John H., 1924-
Topics:
Missionaries--Ecuador., Missions, Medical--Ecuador., Physicians--New York (State)--New York., Indigenous peoples--Missions--Andes Region., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Ecuador.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Ecuador.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356658
Title:
Iowa farmers honored for crop donations.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-37893 [sic] IOWA FARMERS HONORED FOR CROP DONATIONS DES MOINES, Iowa -- Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, president of the National Council of Churches (left), and members of the NCC’s policy-making General Board gather at a railroad depot in Des Moines, Iowa. They dedicate two carloads of corn and soybeans given in the Iowa CROP campaign for overseas distribution through Church World Service, the Council’s material aid agency. The NCC president, senior bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, paid tribute to Iowa churchmen and farmers for their participation in the relief program, noting that the CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) of Church World Service started in Iowa in 1947. Next to Bishop Mueller is Dr. Lavern Kinzel of the Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), Iowa state CROP chairman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-DI-NY-12A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Christian Rural Overseas Program., Kinzel, LaVern., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Iowa--Des Moines., Bishops--Iowa--Des Moines., Farmers--Charitable contributions., Railroad trains--Iowa--Des Moines.
Geographic subjects:
Des Moines (Iowa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356646
Title:
Appalachia scene of poverty film.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31839 APPALACHIA SCENE OF POVERTY FILM NEW YORK -- The clapboard shack of a poverty-stricken miner starkly emphasizes the plight of thousands of Appalachia residents. The scene is from a new documentary film, “The Captive,” produced through the National Council of Churches under the sponsorship of eight member denominations. Tracing the plight of an actual man whose one skill, digging coal, is now obsolete, the documentary calls attention to pockets of poverty throughout the country and seeks to stimulate concern over ways to free the nation’s “captive poor.” The Council on International Nontheatrical Events gave “The Captive” one of its 1964 Golden Eagle Film Awards and included it among films chosen to represent the U.S. at major overseas film festivals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11C-64-NBM)
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., Council on International Nontheatrical Events.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356642
Title:
Pockets of poverty emphasized in new film.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31838 POCKETS OF POVERTY EMPHASIZED IN NEW FILM NEW YORK -- The effect of poverty on the spirit as well as the body is seen in the faces of residents of Appalachia. This family is among those seen in a new film, “The Captive,” produced through the National Council of Churches under the sponsorship of eight member denominations. The film, which won a 1964 Golden Eagle Film Award from the Council on International Nontheatrical Events and was being shown at overseas film festivals, seeks to stimulate concern over ways to free the “captive poor” in many American pockets of poverty. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11C-64-NBM)
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.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region., Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356641
Title:
Uganda official honored by NCC.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31787 UGANDA OFFICIAL HONORED BY NCC NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Green Katongole (left), Permanent Secretary of Uganda’s Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism, was honored in New York at a luncheon given by the National Council of Churches’ Radio, Visual Education and Mass Communication Committee. He is shown here with Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary. From 1951 to 1953 Dr. Katongole studied in the United States on a scholarship awarded by the Council’s Department of World Literacy and Christian Literature. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11A-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Katongole, Richard Green., Uganda. Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin.
Topics:
Church and mass media--New York (State)--New York., Public relations--Uganda.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356627
Title:
Senior African pastors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32195 SENIOR AFRICAN PASTORS NEW YORK -- Certificates marking completion of a nine-month African Senior Pastors’ Institute in the U.S. were presented to 10 African clergymen at the National Council of Churches’ headquarters in New York. Jointly arranged by the NCC and the World Council of Churches, the institute included seminary study, conferences and three months of local parish work. From left to right are the Rev. Joseph Adeke of the Anglican Church in Uganda; the Rev. Geoffrey Ngare, Presbyterian pastor from Ghana; the Rev. David Gana, Presbyterian pastor from West Cameroon; the Rev. Kermit Overton, fraternal worker in Cameroon for the United Presbyterian Church and director of the Institute; the Rev. Charles Kittoe, principal of Freeman College in Ghana where Methodist lay workers and catechists are trained; the Rev. Emmanuel Agyako-Mensah, Presbyterian pastor in Ghana; the Rev. Daudi Udali, Anglican pastor in Kenya; the Rev. Wesley Manda, Presbyterian pastor in Malawi; the Rev. Hezron Rachier, Anglican pastor in Kenya, and the Rev. Laadan Kamau, Anglican pastor in Kenya. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2D-65-W)
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., World Council of Churches., Adeke, Joseph., Ngare, Geoffrey., Adiku, Ehrenfried Tongo., Gana, David., Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kittoe, Charles Dawson., Agyako-Mensah, Emmanuel., Udali, Daudi., Manda, Wesley., Rachier, Hezron., Kamau, Laadan.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy, Black--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Christian education--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355911
Title:
The topic: TV and children.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32067 THE TOPIC: TV AND CHILDREN TORONTO, Ont. -- Some 75 Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox educators and audio-visual experts and TV network consultants explored in detail the effects of television on children during a first Consultation on Children and Television held at Toronto, Ont. The meeting was sponsored by the National Council of Churches through its Broadcasting and Film Commission and its Department of Audio-Visual and Broadcast Education. Participants in the consultation included Miss Mary Venable (left) and Mrs. Harry Poppe, both of New York, in charge, respectively, of children’s work and television for the Division of Christian Education of the NCC, and Dr. Lester Beck, behavioral psychologist and teaching research professor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1D-65-NBM)
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. Broadcasting and Film Commission--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Venable, Mary., Beck, Lester F. (Lester Fred), 1909-1977., Oregon State System of Higher Education--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ontario--Toronto., Church and mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Violence in mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Mass media and children--Ontario--Toronto.
Geographic subjects:
Toronto (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355902

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