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:
Clergy Conference on Race.
Description:
Newspaper clipping featuring a cropped version of the photo file image. Based on the accompanying captions, likely from The Monitor, a newspaper for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California.
Creator:
The Monitor (San Francisco, Calif.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topics:
Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349283
Title:
San Francisco theme: Racial justice.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31465 SAN FRANCISCO THEME: RACIAL JUSTICE SAN FRANCISCO -- A former member of the Eisenhower cabinet, now chairman of the San Francisco interim [Interim] Committee on Human Relations, is shown as he addressed priests of the San Francisco archdiocese. James P. Mitchell, former Secretary of Labor, was the principal speaker at a conference on interracial justice held for clergy assigned to pastoral posts in Marin County, California. Seated in front row are Dohn [John] Delury, executive secretary of the archdiocesan Commission on Social Justice, left, and Terry Francois, past president of the San Francisco NAACP, who also addressed the group. Similar conferences on racial justice were held throughout the archdiocese at the direction of Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-SF-8E-64-W)
Creator:
Vano-Wells-Fagliano Photography, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topics:
Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349081
Title:
Catholic pickets fight move to end fair housing.
Creator:
O'Leary, Tom. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., California Real Estate Association., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), Catholic Church., California. Rumford Act.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--California--Palo Alto., Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--California., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Discrimination in housing--California.
Geographic subjects:
Palo Alto (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348509
Title:
Catholic pickets fight move to end fair housing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30788 CATHOLIC PICKETS FIGHT MOVE TO END FAIR HOUSING PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Catholic pickets, including priests, nuns and laymen, parade in protest against a California initiative that seeks to void the state’s Rumford Fair Housing Act. The pickets demonstrated outside a Palo Alto motel where a convention was being held by the California Real Estate Association, which is supporting the initiative with a $1 million advertising fund. The proposed amendment would ban any state or local government, legislature or court from taking action against racial or religious discrimination in the sale or rental of property. A leader of Catholic opposition to the amendment is Bishop Floyd L. Begin of Oakland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TO-SF-3E-64-NAB)
Creator:
O'Leary, Tom. (photographer), The Monitor (San Francisco, Calif.) (publisher), Coloray (Burlingame, Calif.) (printer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., California Real Estate Association., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), Catholic Church., California. Rumford Act.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--California--Palo Alto., Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--California., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Discrimination in housing--California.
Geographic subjects:
Palo Alto (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348391

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