The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bishop Vashti McKenzie.

Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie was born on May 28, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. McKenzie graduated from Eastern High School in 1965. After graduating from Morgan State University, she worked for her family newspaper, The Afro-American. After a successful media career, McKenzie was ordained as a pasto...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: McKenzie, Vashti M., 1947- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
McKenzie, Vashti M., > 1947- > Interviews.
McKenzie, Vashti M., > 1947-
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Bishop.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (12 video files (5 hr., 49 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Bishop Vashti McKenzie
Bishop Vashti McKenzie
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie was born on May 28, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. McKenzie graduated from Eastern High School in 1965. After graduating from Morgan State University, she worked for her family newspaper, The Afro-American. After a successful media career, McKenzie was ordained as a pastor in the A.M.E. Church in 1984. She went on to get her M.Div. degree from Howard University Divinity School in 1985 and a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In 2000, McKenzie was elected and consecrated as the 117th bishop of the A.M.E. Church at their General Council. She and Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry were the first two women A.M.E. bishops. In 2005, McKenzie again made history as the first woman to become titular head of the A.M.E. Church. She subsequently became presiding prelate of the 13th Episcopal District in Tennessee and Kentucky. She was a lifetime member of the NAACP.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:05:49:03
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Nashville, Tennessee 2007 March 14.
Recorded Dallas, Texas 2017 March 17.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.