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Allin with Ted Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire, at the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya, 1975. Archbishop Luwum was martyred in a…

A 1975 issue of The Witness shows unfavorable cartoons that emerged in secular publications in the aftermath of the Philadelphia ordinations.

Allin reflects on his golf game: “Golf alone has taught me sufficient humility and provided adequate humiliation to condition my ready admittance of erroneous effort.”

Allin with longtime friends and colleagues Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, Alastair Haggart, Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, and Philip Smith, Bishop of New Hampshire, at Christ Memorial Chapel in Jupiter Island, Florida, c.1990.

"Over the Hill" is how Allin inscribed this photo of him and Ann riding off into the sunset at The Virgin Islands Country Club, c.1983.

During Allin's tenure as Presiding Bishop he reestablished the "Black Desk" as the Episcopal Commission for Black Ministries, giving black clergy jobs at the national level that his predecessor Hines had overlooked.

“Quiet and orderly.” 1961 Vicksburg Evening Post clipping details clergy arrests and Allin's response to a clergy group visiting All Saints’ College for the purpose of studying segregation.

Mississippi celebrity humorist, Jerry Clower, talks about
his relationship with Allin.

President Bush roasts Allin for a charity dinner in Allin’s honor.

Allin explains his offer to resign, 1977.