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:
Armed Indians to continue occupation.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46645 ARMED INDIANS TO CONTINUE OCCUPATION GRESHAM, Wis. -- Melvin Chevalier (seated) of the Menomonee Warrior Society holds a carbine and another Indian displays a sawed off shotgun during a news conference at the Alexian Brothers Novitiate near Gresham, Wis., which Indians have occupied since Jan. 1. The Indians renewed their demands for the deed to the property and an unconditional amnesty. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WIS-1D-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Chevalier, Melvin.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Press conferences--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Housing.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362262
Title:
Confrontation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46621 CONFRONTATION SHAWANO, Wis. -- Police help guard the Shawano County, Wis., Sheriff’s Department while Indian demonstrators picket the building. The demonstrators were seeking removal of police checkpoints around the Roman Catholic novitiate in Gresham that had been seized by the Menominee Indians on New Year’s Day. The Indians have demanded that the unused 64-room building and the surrounding complex, owned by the Alexian Brothers, be turned over to them for use as a health and housing facility. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WIS-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Shawano., Picketing--Wisconsin--Shawano., Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Shawano., Police--Wisconsin--Shawano.
Geographic subjects:
Shawano (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362258
Title:
Racial fights close to school.
Description:
46608 Text transcribed from caption: PC-46408 [sic] RACIAL FIGHTS CLOSE TO SCHOOL BOSTON -- Police remove students from Boston’s Hyde Park High School after an outbreak of racial fights. Fifteen students were arrested after a hallway scuffle between black and white students. The school was then ordered closed for the day. Sporadic violence has erupted at Hyde Park since school opened in September under the controversial court-ordered busing plan. The school was closed in the Fall but an uneasy truce had existed between white and black students since before Christmas. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AA-BOS-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hyde Park High School (Boston, Mass.), Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston., Youth and violence--Massachusetts--Boston., Arrest--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362253
Title:
Food for the occupation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46598 FOOD FOR THE OCCUPATION GRESHAM, Wis. -- Indian mediators Artley Skenandore, left and Neil Hawpetoss display to newsmen food destined for militant Indians who occupied the Alexian Brothers Novitiate near Gresham, Wis. The food, including sandwiches and soup, was the first allowed to be sent to the Indians since they took over the group of buildings on New Year’s Day. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1B-75-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Skenandore, Artley., Hawpetoss, Neil.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Food supply.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362250
Title:
Leaders of A.I.M. discuss takeover.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46597 LEADERS OF A.I.M. DISCUSS TAKEOVER SHAWANO, Wis. -- National board members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) leave Shawano County Sheriff’s office after discussing the Indian takeover of a group of buildings owned by the Alexian Brothers near Gresham, Wis. Left to right, they are Herb Powless, Dennis Banks and Russell Means. They said they hoped to help negotiate with Indians holding the Catholic order’s novitiate property. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-1B-75-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., American Indian Movement., Means, Russell, 1939-2012., Banks, Dennis., Powless, Herb.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Shawano., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Shawano., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Shawano (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362249
Title:
In support of Indian occupiers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46590 IN SUPPORT OF INDIAN OCCUPIERS KESHENA, Wis. -- An Indian wrapped in an American flag dances in front of a police roadblock set up at the entrance to a religious estate near Keshena, Wis., being occupied by a group of Indians calling themselves Menominee Warrior Society. Demonstrators marched to the roadblock to protest the ring of police around the estate, owned by the Alexian Brothers, a Chicago-based Roman Catholic order. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WIS-1B-75-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Picketing--Wisconsin--Keshena., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Keshena., Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Keshena., Roadblocks (Police methods)
Geographic subjects:
Keshena (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362246
Title:
Indians seize a monastery.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46588 INDIANS SEIZE A MONASTERY KESHENA, Wis. -- Shawano County Sheriff’s deputys [sic] tell Neil Hawpetoss (center) that he may not enter a closed monastery near Keshena, Wis., that has been seized by a group of Indians calling themselves the Menominee Warrior Society, who have vowed to hold it until the religious order that owns it turns it over to them. County, state and federal authorities sealed off the 37-acre Alexian Brothers Novitiate, the property of a Roman Catholic order, and allowed only a negotiating team to enter. Mr. Hawpetoss, who was attempting to take food to the Indians when he was stopped, said that about 400 Indians were involved in the takeover. But authorities estimated the number at 40 or 50. The Indian contended that the estate had been abandoned by the Alexian Brothers and was needed by the Indians for group housing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WIS-1A-75-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Hawpetoss, Neil.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Food supply., Roadblocks (Police methods), Indigenous peoples of North America--Housing.
Geographic subjects:
Keshena (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362244
Title:
Violence flares again in Boston.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46539 VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN BOSTON BOSTON -- Riot equipped Boston police wrestle a demonstrator to the ground outside South Boston High School after racial violence flared again at the school when a white youth was allegedly stabbed in the stomach by a black teenager. Two schools were closed as a result of the violence at court-ordered desegregated Boston schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police brutality--Massachusetts--Boston., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362234
Title:
"Takeover" development: Support for sheriff.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46596 ‘TAKEOVER’ DEVELOPMENT: SUPPORT FOR SHERIFF GRESHAM, Wis. -- Some 200 persons are shown as they took part in a rally outside St. Francis Catholic Church at Gresham, Wis. They gathered to demonstrate support of Shawano County Sheriff Robert Montour’s handling of the Indian takeover of an unoccupied novitiate building owned by the Alexian Brothers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1B-75-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Montour, Robert.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362207
Title:
Students removed from school.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hyde Park High School (Boston, Mass.), Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston., Youth and violence--Massachusetts--Boston., Arrest--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362153
Title:
Militant Indians get food.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Skenandore, Artley., Hawpetoss, Neil.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Food supply.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362151
Title:
Crowd supports sheriff.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Montour, Robert.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362144
Title:
In support of Indian occupiers.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Picketing--Wisconsin--Keshena., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Keshena., Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Keshena., Roadblocks (Police methods)
Geographic subjects:
Keshena (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362129
Title:
Wisconsin scene.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Shawano., Picketing--Wisconsin--Shawano., Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Shawano., Police--Wisconsin--Shawano.
Geographic subjects:
Shawano (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362117
Title:
Violence flares again in Boston.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police brutality--Massachusetts--Boston., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362115
Title:
AIM leaders.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., American Indian Movement., Means, Russell, 1939-2012., Banks, Dennis., Powless, Herb.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Shawano., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Shawano., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Shawano (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362086
Title:
Armed Indians.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Chevalier, Melvin.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Press conferences--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Housing.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362072
Title:
Indians seize a monastery.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Hawpetoss, Neil.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Food supply., Indigenous peoples of North America--Housing., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Keshena (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362051
Title:
Food turned away.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Hawpetoss, Neil.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Indigenous peoples of North America--Wisconsin--Gresham., Food supply., Roadblocks (Police methods), Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Keshena (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin., Gresham (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362041
Title:
Addresses pro-busing demonstration.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46293 ADDRESSES PRO-BUSING DEMONSTRATION BOSTON -- Mrs. Coretta Scott King addresses pro-busing demonstrators at Boston’s City Hall. Mrs. King told the gathering of 5,000 that Boston’s racial problems are “an isolated throwback to what we had hoped was a forgotten era of infamy and hatred.” Listening is Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass.), who also addressed the group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-12A-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., Drinan, Robert F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Boston City Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Legislators--Massachusetts., School integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361952

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