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:
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:
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

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