Oral history interview with Ernest McKinney [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1976.

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Oral history interview with Ernest McKinney [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1976.

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McKinney discusses his experiences as an African American, focusing on his membership in the NAACP starting in 1911 and founding of the CIO; political idealogies; and attitudes about the civil rights and social conditions of African Americans. He describes knowing W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey; understanding the position of Native Americans seeking reparations; joining the Communist party; and becoming involved with the National Urban League.

1 sound tape reel (ca. 90 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Murphy Library

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Murphy Library

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Born in Malden, West Virginia, in 1886 , McKinney, also known under the pseudonym David Coolidge, was the son of coal miner. At different points in his life McKinney endeavored a variety of jobs which included becoming editor of, This Month; a columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier (1932); Executive Secretary of the Unemployed Citizens' League of Allegheny County (1933); a Social Worker; and Assistant to the Director, Kingsley House. In 1916 an oral history conducted at Columbia University resulte...