The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

4/6/2006; 12/14/2015

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.066

Pastor Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. (1931 - ) was the pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, California. Smith was the author of On The Jericho Road and Speak Until Justice Wakes: Prophetic Reflections. Smith was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/6/2006 and 12/14/2015, in Oakland, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 32m 30s

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Smith, J. Alfred (James Alfred)

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The Rev. Dr. James Alfred Smith, Sr. pastured to African-American Baptist churches in Missouri and California from 1960-2009. He was born in 1931 in Kansas City, and over a period of twenty years, he earned four college degrees, the last, a Doctor of Ministry (1975). In 1970 Smith became pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church (ATBC), an African-American church with a high percentage of Latino members, located in Oakland, California. He relinquished his position of pastor of the ATBC ...