The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

[Martin Luther King, Jr. and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recordings]

Repository: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Archives and Special Collections

Collection Description (CRHP): The collection includes a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Chapel Address when he visited the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1961. There is also a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's classroom lecture in Henlee Barnette's Christian Ethics class. See: http://199.117.46.115:8991/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=031300&set_entry=000001&format=999. A number of oral history interviews were later conducted with Southern Seminary professors recording their reflections from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to SBTS. See: http://199.117.46.115:8991/F/?func=short-0&set_number=031335. These faculty are Edge, Findley B. (Findley Bartow); St. Amant, C. Penrose(Clyde Penrose); Graves, Allen W.; and Howington, Nolan P.

Collection URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10392/49

Digital Status: Partial

Extent: 1 digital audio file; 2 sound discs (CD); 4 sound cassettes: analog

Language: English

Interviewees: Findley B. Edge, C. Penrose St. Amant, Allen W. Graves, Nolan P. Howington

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American clergy
Civil rights movements--Kentucky
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Nonviolence
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Genres:

Interviews
Lectures
Sound recordings
Speeches