- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 27 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Civil rights activist Reverend Albert R. Sampson was born November 27, 1938, in Everett, Massachusetts. He graduated from Everett High School in 1956. Sampson attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, receiving his B.A. degree. He earned his M.S. degree in cultural studies from Governors State University in 1973, his M.Div. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1977, and his D.Div. degree from Union Baptist Theological Seminary in Toledo, Ohio. Sampson became involved with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1962 and served as campaign manager for Leroy Johnson, Georgia's first black State Senator. He was ordained by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Sampson became pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church in Chicago. He served as president of the National Black Farmers Harvest and Business Trade Cooperative. He served as a scholar consultant for the Black Heritage Bible and as President of the Metropolitan Council of Black Churches in Chicago.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Reverend Albert Richard Sampson
- Reverend Albert Richard Sampson
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 998756911
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Reverend Albert Richard Sampson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
022703
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 August 19.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Civil Rights Activist Pastor.
- Added Author
Sampson, Albert Richard, 1938- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.