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:
Rebuilt Negro church dedicated.
Description:
Rebuilt at a cost of $15,450 after being burned in the racial strife of last Summer, Zion Hill Baptist church in Summit, near McComb, Miss., was dedicated before an interracial congregation.
Creator:
Chambers, Elsie. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Committee of Concern (Jackson, Miss.)
Topics:
Religious facilities--Destruction and pillage--Mississippi--Summit., Baptist church buildings--Fires and fire prevention--Mississippi--Summit., Church maintenance and repair--Mississippi--Summit., Church dedication--Mississippi--Summit.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Miss.), Summit (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151627
Title:
Principals at Negro church dedication.
Description:
Principals at the dedication of the rebuilt Zion Hill Baptist church in Summit were, from left: the Rev. W. D. Carr, Dr. William P. Davis, and the Rev. Daniel Walker.
Creator:
Chambers, Elsie. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Committee of Concern (Jackson, Miss.), Davis, William Penn, -1903., Carr, W. D., Walker, Daniel.
Topics:
Religious facilities--Destruction and pillage--Mississippi--Summit., Baptist church buildings--Fires and fire prevention--Mississippi--Summit., Church maintenance and repair--Mississippi--Summit., Church dedication--Mississippi--Summit.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Miss.), Summit (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151368

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