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:
Striking for Christ.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: STRIKING FOR CHRIST #s-3251 ATLANTA, Ga. -- Young members of the Training Union of the West End Baptist church here adopt modern techniques in their efforts to persuade others to join their “organization.” This demonstration, staged between Sunday school and church services, urges increased attendance at their Sunday evening meetings. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BW-AT-GA-MES-4-C-6-W-B)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., West End Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Sunday schools--Georgia--Atlanta., Church attendance--Georgia--Atlanta., Picketing--Georgia--Atlanta., Children--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359122
Title:
Protestant churches erect monument to priest.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #854 PROTESTANT CHURCHES ERECT MONUMENT TO PRIEST ATLANTA, Ga. -- This monument in Atlanta’s city hall park was erected by four Protestant churches and a Roman Catholic church to honor the memory of Father Thomas O’Reilly for his heroic defense of their houses of worship during the Civil War. Photo shows Protestant, Catholic, and civic leaders at unveiling ceremony. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TON-AT-LM-10245)
Creator:
O'Neill, Tracy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O'Reilly, Thomas., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Monuments--Georgia--Atlanta., Memorials--Georgia--Atlanta., Dedication services--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358871
Title:
Tears in Atlanta.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45752 TEARS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA -- Members cry outside a church where the mother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain by a gunman in Atlanta. One other person was killed in the fusillade of bullets unleashed by a black man regarded by authorities as insane. The famed civil rights leader’s mother was slain as she played the organ in the church in which her son and her husband had served as pastors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-7A-74-JW)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Death and burial., Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Assassination.
Topics:
Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Families of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Church shootings--Georgia--Atlanta., Assassination--Georgia--Atlanta., Bereavement--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358355
Title:
Dr. King wins Nobel Peace Prize.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31714 DR. KING WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ATLANTA, Ga. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who has led the non-violent movement for civil rights in America for some ten years, was named to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The noted Baptist minister received the news from his wife by phone while at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, a Catholic hospital in Atlanta, where he had gone for a physical check-up. He said that “every penny” of the award money -- expected to be more than $54,000 -- would go for the civil rights movement. Dr. King is founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, dedicated to promoting equal rights for all Negroes. He is the second American Negro and the youngest person -- at 35 -- to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In September, Dr. King was received by Pope Paul VI in private audience at the Vatican. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., St. Joseph’s Infirmary (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--Georgia--Atlanta., African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta., African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Catholic hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356667
Title:
Atlanta citizens honor Dr. King.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-32110 ATLANTA CITIZENS HONOR DR. KING ATLANTA -- Dr. Martin Luther King’s young daughter, Yolande, stands on tip-toe but isn’t quite tall enough to see over the table decorations as she tries to have a word with her parents. The occasion was a testimonial dinner for the noted Negro integration leader in recognition of his winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The dinner was attended by a sell-out audience of 1,500 guests, about half of them white. It was sponsored by about 100 leading religious and civic residents of Atlanta, where Dr. King was born and where he is co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Yolanda.
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--Georgia--Atlanta., Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta., Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Children of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355939
Title:
At Southern Catholic race conference.
Description:
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (center) was a major speaker at the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on "Social Change and Christian Response." He is shown at a dinner held during the Atlanta meeting with Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O. (left); and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
Creator:
Sherry, Gerry. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Catholic Leaders Conference., Hallinan, Paul J., Fox, Dom James., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Topics:
Race--Religious aspects, Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150090
Title:
Tenth anniversary of Earth Day observed.
Description:
Costumed participants in Atlanta's Earth Day observance gather on the capitol steps.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Earth Day--Georgia--Atlanta., Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148301
Title:
Emory University press release.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory University., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., DeWolf, Harold L., 1905-1986., Waits, James L., Erskine, Noel Leo., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Theology--Study and teaching--Georgia--Atlanta., Seminars., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147231
Title:
Seminar explores theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Coretta Scott King, Dr. Harold DeWolf, Dean Jim L. Waits, and Dr. Noel Erskine sing hymnals at an Emory University seminar studying the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory University., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., DeWolf, Harold L., 1905-1986., Waits, James L., Erskine, Noel Leo., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Theology--Study and teaching--Georgia--Atlanta., Seminars., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147049
Title:
Peace March in Atlanta.
Description:
Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8102

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