Samuel B. McKinney

Samuel Berry McKinney (December 28, 1926 – April 7, 2018) was an American Christian pastor and Civil Rights leader. He was the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle for four decades. He attended the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, and he served on the Seattle Human Rights Commission.

Samuel B. McKinney
Civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, a noted on the occasion of Seattle honorarily naming a section of 19th Ave after him.
BornDecember 28, 1926
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
DiedApril 7, 2018 (aged 91)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma materMorehouse College
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Occupation(s)Pastor, civil rights leader
SpouseLouise Jones
ChildrenDr. Lora-Ellen McKinney and Rhoda Eileen McKinney-Jones
Parent(s)Wade Hampton McKinney
Annie Ruth Berry

Early life

Samuel B. McKinney was born on December 28, 1926, in Flint, Michigan.[1][2] He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where his father, Wade Hampton McKinney, was a pastor.[1]

McKinney graduated from Morehouse College in 1949.[1][2] He earned a divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in 1952.[1][2]

Career
Church robe and hat worn by McKinney in the 1970s and 1980s.

McKinney began his ministry in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was the pastor of Olney Street Baptist Church from 1955 to 1958.[2] He moved to Seattle, Washington, where he served as the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church from 1958 to 1998, and from 2005 to 2008.[2]

McKinney invited Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to Seattle in 1961, and he attended the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.[2] He served on the Seattle Human Rights Commission.[1] He was also a co-founder of Liberty Bank, "the first black-owned bank in Seattle."[2]

With Floyd Massey Jr., McKinney co-authored Church Administration in the Black Perspective. According to The Los Angeles Times, " The book outlined the need for strong, charismatic ministers in urban black churches and remains an important reference work in church organization."[3]

Personal life and death

McKinney married Louise Jones; they had two daughters.[1]

McKinney died on April 7, 2018.[1][4]

Works
  • McKinney, Samuel B.; Massey, Floyd (1976). Church Administration in the Black Perspective. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Judson Press. ISBN 9780817014537.

References
  1. Broom, Jack; Kiley, Brendan (April 7, 2018). "Seattle civil-rights leader Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney dies at 91". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  2. Adams, Luther (27 August 2010). "McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926-2018)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  3. "Rev. Floyd Massey Jr., 88; Longtime Pastor, Leader in Baptist Organizations". The Los Angeles Times. November 3, 2003. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  4. Payne, Patti (April 8, 2018). "Community mourns civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2018.


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