The HistoryMakers video oral history with Reverend Maxine Walker.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 19 min.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336915
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Reverend Maxine Walker
Reverend Maxine Walker
Other authors / contributors:Walker, Maxine, 1936-2007, interviewee.
Daltonn, Sasha, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Sasha Daltonn, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2007 April 28.
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Summary:Reverend Maxine Walker was born on July 25, 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Walker graduated from Cortez Business College before receiving her degree from the Moody Bible Institute. During her career, Walker created the first gospel magazine printed in Chicago, The Platform. Walker then developed another magazine, a television talk show entitled, Touching People, and a gospel play that appeared at the Regal Theatre in Chicago called One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. In 1980, Walker was called to the ministry. Walker was then ordained as a reverend in 1997. She then became the editor of the gospel newspaper The Spiritual Perspective. Walker then began to write her first book, Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Use an Herbalist, which educates people about health options when facing debilitating illnesses. Walker has formed relationships with many notable people throughout her life, including Nelson Mandela, and preached in both Israel and Africa.