The Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.85.1a, 2011.174.85.1b, 2011.174.85.1c, 2011.174.85.1d, 2011.174.85.1e, 2011.174.85.1f, and 2011.174.85.1g.

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 17, 2013
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, American, born 1926
• Interviewed by: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: United States Army Air Corps, American, 1926 - 1947
• Subject of: Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
• Subject of: Liberty Bank, American, 1968 - 1988
• Subject of: Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), American, founded 1963
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 48 min., 53 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 172.95 GB
• Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Object number: 2011.174.85.1a-g
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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