- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Samuel Berry McKinney oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013-04-17
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cline, David P., 1969-
McKinney, Samuel Berry, 1926- - Date of Original:
- 2013-04-17
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
African American clergy--Interviews
African American civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Washington (State) - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, 47.49084, -121.83583
United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attending Morehouse College, where he got to know fellow freshman Martin Luther King, Jr. After service in the Army Flight Corps during World War II and finishing his college education, McKinney became a minister at a church in Seattle, Washington, where he contributed to the creation of the Liberty Bank. He discusses his role in founding the Central Area Civil Rights Committee in Seattle.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0085/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (109 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (39 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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