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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.
Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Flakes, Johnie H., Jr., 1935-2012, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, 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, Scott Stearns.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Columbus, Georgia 2002 March 16.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Minister and civic leader The Reverend Dr. Johnnie H. Flakes, Jr. was born in Phenix City, Alabama on January 12, 1935. He was the pastor at the Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Columbus, Georgia, for over forty years. He earned his B.A. degree and an honorary doctorate from the American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee; and an honorary doctorate from A.B. Lee Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida. Flakes held a number of local, national and international affiliations with religious and civic organizations. For his dedicated Christian and civic service, he received numerous awards and honors, including the 1971 Outstanding Personality of the South; one of the Ten Outstanding Ministers in Georgia for 1991; the Columbus Ledger 2000 Edition - People Who Made a Difference; the 2000 Alpha Phi Alpha Martin Luther King Award; the 2000 Operation PUSH Martin Luther King Award; and the Congress of Christian Education's Knighthood Award. Flakes passed away on November 12, 2012 .
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