Peoples Temple
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The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, originally Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was an American new religious organization that existed between 19
Jim Jones's first church in Indianapolis, Indiana
Peoples Temple headquarters, 1859 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, 1978
Peoples Temple members attend an anti-eviction rally at the International Hotel, San Francisco, January 1977.
Rev. Jim Jones receives a Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian award at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, January 1977.
Leo Ryan
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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 unt
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…Guyana, when 909 people died in a mass suicide and mass murder at its remote settlement, named "Jonestown", as well as the murders of U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan and members of his visiting delegation at the nearby Port Kaituma airstrip. The incident at Jonestown resulted in the greatest single loss of American…
Ryan in 1977
Official Congressional photo from Ryan's first term as Congressman, 1973
Ryan's headstone
Shannon Jo Ryan in 1981