[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6808-6809]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF REVEREND DR. SAMUEL BERRY McKINNEY

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 14, 2013

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Reverend Dr. 
Samuel Berry McKinney for his more than 55 years of service and 
leadership building Mount Zion Baptist Church and the community of 
Seattle, Washington.
  Rev. McKinney moved to Seattle in 1958 to lead one of Seattle's 
oldest and most prominent Black churches. During his time as Senior 
Pastor, he mentored over 40 ministers and lectured throughout the 
nation. With an eye toward the future, Rev. McKinney also oversaw the 
building of the church's educational unit and encouraged economic 
development in the church and the community.
  Rev. McKinney grew up in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1920s and 1930s as 
the son of a prominent and politically engaged African-American 
minister. He attended Morehouse College, where he was a classmate of 
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also served as a minister in 
Providence, Rhode Island in the mid-1950s.

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  When Rev. McKinney arrived in Seattle, he quickly became a leader in 
the movement for human rights, which included playing a major role in 
the Central Area Civil Rights Committee. Always committed to social 
justice, he was a founding member of the Seattle Civil Rights 
Commission and he facilitated the only visit of the late Rev. Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr. to Seattle.
  In addition, Rev. McKinney was a founder of Liberty Bank, the first 
African-American-owned bank in Seattle and was the first African-
American President of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. He has 
served on the board of the Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA, the Fred 
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Washington Mutual Savings 
Bank.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I recognize the work 
Reverend Dr. Samuel McKinney has done for his church and the community.

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