Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Reverend Henry Mitchell
Reverend Henry Mitchell
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| Other authors / contributors: | Mitchell, Henry H., 1919- interviewee.
Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2010 July 16.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Religious leader and professor Henry Mitchell was born on September 10, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio. He received his B.A. degree from Lincoln University and went on to attend Union Theological Seminary where he received his B.D. and M.Div. degrees. Mitchell was hired as pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Fresno, California, and the Cavalry Baptist Church in Santa Monica, California. He earned his Th.D. degree from Claremont School of Theology and his M.A. degree in linguistics from California State University. Mitchell held positions as a professor both of religion and African American history, including that of the first Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Black Church Studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Bexley Hall Seminary, and Crozer Theological Seminary. Mitchell and his wife became well known for their team-teaching and preaching style. Mitchell wrote several books on African American church history and preaching.
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