- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 8 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon was born in 1920 Columbus, Mississippi. She earned her B.A. degree from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. She began her career as a teacher in Chicago Public Schools. In 1952, she was diagnosed with an incurable disease and enrolled in the Unity School of Christianity in Missouri. She became an ordained minister. In 1956, Colemon founded Christ Universal Temple, which grew to 15,000 members. She was also director of the Chicago Port Authority and Commissioner of the Chicago Transit Authority Oversight Committee. Coleman was selected as one of Chicago's Living Legends by the Institute for African American Youth Development. Coleman was also the recipient of other awards and recognitions including proclamations from the state of Illinois and the cities of Oakland, California, and Miami, Florida. She was the author of the book Open Your Mind and Be Healed. Colemon passed away on December 23, 2014 at age 94.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon
- Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1000518495
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
020844
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 June 15.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Minister.
- Added Author
Colemon, Johnnie, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.