1971 Press Photo Reverend and Mrs. Eugene Carson Blake World Council of Churches

Reverend Eugene Carson Blake, 78, major figure in American Protestantism in the 1950s and 1960s and a force for church unity, Wednesday in Stamford, Connecticut. Sought more unified and progressive Protestant church, and was active in civil rights fight.

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.

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