References

(1) THE ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE AS OF APRIL 2, 2019

McKinstry Family House, 2236 Ishkooda Road SW, Birmingham c. 1952-1978 Listed: 2/12/2015

https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web)%20April%202019.pdf#page60

Listed under Jefferson County. Page 63 of 120..

Retrieved 10/10/2019

(2) Birmingham Public Records..

Birmingham Public Library

Birmingham, AL

1953

Filmed from the holdings of 

The Library of Congress

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(3) Birmingham, AL

Year 1956.

Filmed from the holdings of the library of congress

City Directories for Birmingham and Bessemer

Birmingham Public Library's Southern History Department 

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(4) IRS Document, U.S.A.

Granted: 501(c)3 for McKinstry Family Museum, Inc.

Donations to the museum are tax deductible. 

February 11, 2016

Letter from IRS.

(5) Interview, Doris McKinstry Chaney, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  11/26/2019

(6) Racial Segregation in the United States

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States

Last edited 6 hours ago by Mysticair667537

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(7) Sojourner Truth

by Kerri Lee Alexander  

JANUARY 24, 2019

National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/sojourner-truth

Retrieved: 10/17/2019

(8)  Segregation ordinances

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Segregation_ordinances

This page was last modified on 12 July 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved 10/02/2019.

(9) Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (BBBC)

Encyclopedia of Alabama

Original Birmingham Baptist Bible College Building

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2577

Published:  May 3, 2010   |   Last updated:  May 11, 2010

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(10) Most Segregated City in America

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Most_Segregated_City_in_America

last modified on 23 August 2016, at 09:40.

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(11) John F. Kennedy

35th President

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

Retrieved 10/09/2019

(12) Black Americans

The World Book Encyclopedia 

B.    Volume 2

World Book, Inc.

Year 1986

Page 306

(13) "Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Dies at 75; Police Head Fought Integration" 

March 11, 1973, Page 61

The New York Times Archives

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/eugene-bull-connor-dies-at-75-police-head-fought-integration-less.html

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(14)  Al Hibler

Hollywood Star Walk

Los Angeles Times

James J. Kriegsmann

http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/al-hibbler/

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(15)  Civil Rights Movement Photographs

The Children's Crusade: Birmingham — 1963

https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgbham.htm

Retrieved 10/22/2019

(16) African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

social movement in the United States during the 20th century

Wikipedia 

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954–1968)#

Last edited 1 month ago by CommonsDelinker

Retrieved 10/25/2019. 

(17) Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Slavery Abolished

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Last edited 7 days ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 11/21/2019

(18) Gordon (Slave)

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave)

Last edited 2 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved: 11/24/2019

(19) Ullman High School.

Bham Wiki 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Ullman_High_School

last modified on 21 December 2017, at 12:46.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(20) Catherine Oseas

Assistant Archivist

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

((21) James L. Baggett

Department Head 

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

(22) Tommy Wren (Civil Rights Activist)

Birmingham resident and Civil Rights foot soldier Tommy Wrenn dies

Updated Jan 14, 2019; Posted Oct 22, 2010

By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com

https://www.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/birmingham_resident_and_civil.html

Retrieved 10/28/2019

(23) March on Washington

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom

Last edited 4 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 19/02/2019

(24)  Kelly Ingram Park

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kelly_Ingram_Park

last modified on 28 March 2017, at 12:47.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(25) March on Selma. 1965 

https://www.newyorker.com/humor

Letter from Selma

On the trail to Montgomery 

By Renata Adler

April 2, 1965

April 10, 1965 Issue

(26) St. Augustine Movement 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_movement

Last edited 10 days ago by Mitchumch

Retrieved 10-10-2019

(27) Interview, Willie G. McKinstry, wife of Willie D. McKinstry, interview by author. Atlanta, GA, Year 2013.

(28) JIM CROW LAWS

by: Content Team 34

August 27, 2016 

https://legaldictionary.net/jim-crow-laws/

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(29) Interview, Shirley McKinstry King, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014. 

(30) Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel

Last edited 4 months ago by Pilotwes

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(31) I Went Door to Door in Search of Ancient Elevators in New York City

By Andy Newman

Dec. 16, 2017

Ny Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/insider/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

Or

Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G

By Andy Newman

Dec. 15, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/nyregion/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(32)  A. G. Gaston

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/A._G._Gaston

last modified on 14 September 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved on 10/01/2019

(33) Interracial Marriage 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage

Last edited 3 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(34) Booklet containing "The Declaration of Independence" and

"The Constitution of the United States of America"

Booklet (front & back)

Prepared and Distributed by Phillips Petroleum 

Without charge as a public service.

Any use of this booklet by any person or 

Group should not be considered an endorsement

By Phillips Petroleum Company. W08414 1986.

Picked up from Sandy Springs Public Library

Booklet on display for distribution to the public

Free of charge. 

(35) Zion Memorial Gardens

Find A Grave

Robert Bryan Sep    2009

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1768102/zion-memorial-gardens

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(36) Elmwood Cemetery- (28) Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#/media/File%3AElmwood_Cemetery_front_gate.jpg

&

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#

Last edited 1 month ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(37) Johns-Ridout's Mortuary-Elmwood Chapel

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/alabama/birmingham/johns-ridouts-mortuary-elmwood-chapel/fh-6039

Retrieved 11/07/2019

(38) Google.com

Carole Denise McNair.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQ8_FlJSJWrbqlLbm_lrTJWSGREOA%3A1576555105189&source=hp&ei=YVL4XZemCc6k_Qa6qZ-QAQ&q=carol+denise+mcnair

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(39) The Temptations

Eddie Kendricks, Birmingham native

Today in Music History: Remembering Eddie Kendricks

October 5, 2016

THE CURRENTS MORNING SHOW

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/09/28/today-in-music-history-remembering-eddie-kendricks

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(40) John Rice Jr.

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/John_Rice_Jr

This page was last modified on 24 May 2017, at 14:04.

Retrieved 12/19/2019

(41) The Alabama theater.

Birmingham, AL

Historic Photographs of Birmingham Gallery

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-4338

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA

Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.

(42) Interview, Marvin McKinstry, son of Willie McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014.

.(43) Lyric theater (separate colored entrance)

https://www.al.com/opinion/2016/01/when_a_theater_is_more_than_ju.html

Gallery: Lyric Theatre dedication ceremony

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

(44)  Personal recollections, Grenetta McKinstry, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(45) Showplaces of the South, Part 3

The Empire Movie theatre

Goldfinger movie shows on marque in photo

(Middle of the page)

February 14, 1965, Sunday 

http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/bhamtheaters_part3.htm

Page created 07/03/2006 -- 817 PM EDT

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(46)  Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver_Theatre_(Birmingham,_Alabama)

Last edited 2 months ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(47) Boutwell Auditorium

Notable Events

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium

This page was last modified on 4 September 2019, at 08:10.

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(48) OF ANOTHER FASHION

AN ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE OF THE NOT-QUITE-HIDDEN BUT TOO OFTEN IGNORED FASHION HISTORIES OF U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR 

Minh-Ha T. Pham

https://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/page/18

Retrieve 10/19/2019

(49) Eleanor Roosevelt (public domain)

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Or 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Last edited 10 days ago by Rjensen

Retrieved 10/24/20

(50) List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

Humanitarian and social causes

Eleanor Roosevelt 

First Lady of the United States of America & Humanitarian

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_sisters

Last edited 3 days ago by Trappist the monk

Retrieved 10/26/2019

(51) Ullman High School

File:Ullman School.jpg

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/File:Ullman_School.jpg

"This work is in the public domain"

"This work was published in the United States before 1923 and is now in the public domain."

Bhamwiki.com

(52) Dr. George C. Bell

Principal of Ullman High School

Dedication of the Bell Building, May 16, 1971

University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)

https://library.uab.edu/locations/archives/image-of-the-month/314-may-2011

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(53) 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Jesus Christ is the Main Attraction!

https://16thstreetbaptist.org/history-2/

16th Street Baptist Church © (2019)

Proudly Designed by Your PR Diva

Retrieved 10/02/20197

The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11)

(54) Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

Last edited 5 days ago by Felida97

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(55) Mrs. Mary E. Stith-Nation

Principal

Letter of Testimonials and Greetings (2 pages)

to my son, William D. McKinstry (Willie McKinstry)

Birmingham, Alabama

November 27, 1955

Personal Collection of Grenetta McKinstry

Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(56) WJLD radio- history

Willie McKinstry

(1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s)

http://wjldradio.com/wjld-history-1940s/

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(57) Gospel Music

Roots and Background 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

Last edited 4 hours ago by Ghmyrtle

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(58) WJLD 

Station History

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJLD

Last edited 1 year ago by Rudy2alan

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(59) Alma Vivian Powell 

1st black Secretary of State of the United States of America (Served under President George W. Bush, 2001-2005). 

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Powell

Last edited 2 months ago by JJMC89 bot III

Retrieved. 12/17/2010

(60) Nelson H. Smith, Jr.

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Nelson_H._Smith

Bhamwiki.com

This page was last modified on 4 June 2013, at 16:37.

This page has been accessed 18,754 times.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(61) Three Ministers Kneeling

The Kneeling ministers statue at Kelly Ingram Park. Photographed on January 15, 2007 by André Natta. 

Bhamwiki.com

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kneeling_ministers_statue

This page was last modified on 10 September 2015, at 11:36.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(62) Greg Morris. 1972

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Morris

English: Photo of Greg Morris as part of the cast of Mission:Impossible in 1972

CBS photo- Public Domain

Retrieved 10/20/2019

(63) Sam Cooke. 1963

RCA Victor Records • Public domain

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#/media/File%3ASam_Cooke_2.jpg

Last edited 19 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 11/23/2019

(64) Otis Redding 

Concert Brochure 

Also, Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding

Last edited 13 days ago by Gagwef

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(65) Von [Detroit] Record Label

Artist: Willie McKinstry And Group

Country: USA

Catalogue: VON 724

http://www.45cat.com/record/von724

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(66) Mr. Willie McKinstry

Public Relations Staff

New Pilgrim Baptist Church

Birmingham, Alabama

1975 Church Year Book

Pg. 42

Black Color Book (diamond jubilee)

(67) Legacy of Deacon 

Willie D. McKinstry

1919-1978

By James A. Cotton

April Issue 1978

The Mirror

Birmingham, Alabama

References

(1) THE ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE AS OF APRIL 2, 2019

McKinstry Family House, 2236 Ishkooda Road SW, Birmingham c. 1952-1978 Listed: 2/12/2015

https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web)%20April%202019.pdf#page60

Listed under Jefferson County. Page 63 of 120..

Retrieved 10/10/2019

(2) Birmingham Public Records..

Birmingham Public Library

Birmingham, AL

1953

Filmed from the holdings of 

The Library of Congress

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(3) Birmingham, AL

Year 1956.

Filmed from the holdings of the library of congress

City Directories for Birmingham and Bessemer

Birmingham Public Library's Southern History Department 

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(4) IRS Document, U.S.A.

Granted: 501(c)3 for McKinstry Family Museum, Inc.

Donations to the museum are tax deductible. 

February 11, 2016

Letter from IRS.

(5) Interview, Doris McKinstry Chaney, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  11/26/2019

(6) Racial Segregation in the United States

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States

Last edited 6 hours ago by Mysticair667537

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(7) Sojourner Truth

by Kerri Lee Alexander  

JANUARY 24, 2019

National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/sojourner-truth

Retrieved: 10/17/2019

(8)  Segregation ordinances

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Segregation_ordinances

This page was last modified on 12 July 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved 10/02/2019.

(9) Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (BBBC)

Encyclopedia of Alabama

Original Birmingham Baptist Bible College Building

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2577

Published:  May 3, 2010   |   Last updated:  May 11, 2010

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(10) Most Segregated City in America

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Most_Segregated_City_in_America

last modified on 23 August 2016, at 09:40.

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(11) John F. Kennedy

35th President

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

Retrieved 10/09/2019

(12) Black Americans

The World Book Encyclopedia 

B.    Volume 2

World Book, Inc.

Year 1986

Page 306

(13) "Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Dies at 75; Police Head Fought Integration" 

March 11, 1973, Page 61

The New York Times Archives

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/eugene-bull-connor-dies-at-75-police-head-fought-integration-less.html

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(14)  Al Hibler

Hollywood Star Walk

Los Angeles Times

James J. Kriegsmann

http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/al-hibbler/

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(15)  Civil Rights Movement Photographs

The Children's Crusade: Birmingham — 1963

https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgbham.htm

Retrieved 10/22/2019

(16) African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

social movement in the United States during the 20th century

Wikipedia 

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954–1968)#

Last edited 1 month ago by CommonsDelinker

Retrieved 10/25/2019. 

(17) Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Slavery Abolished

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Last edited 7 days ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 11/21/2019

(18) Gordon (Slave)

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave)

Last edited 2 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved: 11/24/2019

(19) Ullman High School.

Bham Wiki 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Ullman_High_School

last modified on 21 December 2017, at 12:46.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(20) Catherine Oseas

Assistant Archivist

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

((21) James L. Baggett

Department Head 

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

(22) Tommy Wren (Civil Rights Activist)

Birmingham resident and Civil Rights foot soldier Tommy Wrenn dies

Updated Jan 14, 2019; Posted Oct 22, 2010

By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com

https://www.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/birmingham_resident_and_civil.html

Retrieved 10/28/2019

(23) March on Washington

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom

Last edited 4 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 19/02/2019

(24)  Kelly Ingram Park

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kelly_Ingram_Park

last modified on 28 March 2017, at 12:47.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(25) March on Selma. 1965 

https://www.newyorker.com/humor

Letter from Selma

On the trail to Montgomery 

By Renata Adler

April 2, 1965

April 10, 1965 Issue

(26) St. Augustine Movement 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_movement

Last edited 10 days ago by Mitchumch

Retrieved 10-10-2019

(27) Interview, Willie G. McKinstry, wife of Willie D. McKinstry, interview by author. Atlanta, GA, Year 2013.

(28) JIM CROW LAWS

by: Content Team 34

August 27, 2016 

https://legaldictionary.net/jim-crow-laws/

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(29) Interview, Shirley McKinstry King, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014. 

(30) Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel

Last edited 4 months ago by Pilotwes

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(31) I Went Door to Door in Search of Ancient Elevators in New York City

By Andy Newman

Dec. 16, 2017

Ny Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/insider/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

Or

Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G

By Andy Newman

Dec. 15, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/nyregion/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(32)  A. G. Gaston

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/A._G._Gaston

last modified on 14 September 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved on 10/01/2019

(33) Interracial Marriage 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage

Last edited 3 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(34) Booklet containing "The Declaration of Independence" and

"The Constitution of the United States of America"

Booklet (front & back)

Prepared and Distributed by Phillips Petroleum 

Without charge as a public service.

Any use of this booklet by any person or 

Group should not be considered an endorsement

By Phillips Petroleum Company. W08414 1986.

Picked up from Sandy Springs Public Library

Booklet on display for distribution to the public

Free of charge. 

(35) Zion Memorial Gardens

Find A Grave

Robert Bryan Sep    2009

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1768102/zion-memorial-gardens

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(36) Elmwood Cemetery- (28) Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#/media/File%3AElmwood_Cemetery_front_gate.jpg

&

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#

Last edited 1 month ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(37) Johns-Ridout's Mortuary-Elmwood Chapel

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/alabama/birmingham/johns-ridouts-mortuary-elmwood-chapel/fh-6039

Retrieved 11/07/2019

(38) Google.com

Carole Denise McNair.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQ8_FlJSJWrbqlLbm_lrTJWSGREOA%3A1576555105189&source=hp&ei=YVL4XZemCc6k_Qa6qZ-QAQ&q=carol+denise+mcnair

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(39) The Temptations

Eddie Kendricks, Birmingham native

Today in Music History: Remembering Eddie Kendricks

October 5, 2016

THE CURRENTS MORNING SHOW

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/09/28/today-in-music-history-remembering-eddie-kendricks

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(40) John Rice Jr.

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/John_Rice_Jr

This page was last modified on 24 May 2017, at 14:04.

Retrieved 12/19/2019

(41) The Alabama theater.

Birmingham, AL

Historic Photographs of Birmingham Gallery

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-4338

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA

Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.

(42) Interview, Marvin McKinstry, son of Willie McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014.

.(43) Lyric theater (separate colored entrance)

https://www.al.com/opinion/2016/01/when_a_theater_is_more_than_ju.html

Gallery: Lyric Theatre dedication ceremony

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

(44)  Personal recollections, Grenetta McKinstry, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(45) Showplaces of the South, Part 3

The Empire Movie theatre

Goldfinger movie shows on marque in photo

(Middle of the page)

February 14, 1965, Sunday 

http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/bhamtheaters_part3.htm

Page created 07/03/2006 -- 817 PM EDT

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(46)  Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver_Theatre_(Birmingham,_Alabama)

Last edited 2 months ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(47) Boutwell Auditorium

Notable Events

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium

This page was last modified on 4 September 2019, at 08:10.

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(48) OF ANOTHER FASHION

AN ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE OF THE NOT-QUITE-HIDDEN BUT TOO OFTEN IGNORED FASHION HISTORIES OF U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR 

Minh-Ha T. Pham

https://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/page/18

Retrieve 10/19/2019

(49) Eleanor Roosevelt (public domain)

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Or 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Last edited 10 days ago by Rjensen

Retrieved 10/24/20

(50) List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

Humanitarian and social causes

Eleanor Roosevelt 

First Lady of the United States of America & Humanitarian

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_sisters

Last edited 3 days ago by Trappist the monk

Retrieved 10/26/2019

(51) Ullman High School

File:Ullman School.jpg

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/File:Ullman_School.jpg

"This work is in the public domain"

"This work was published in the United States before 1923 and is now in the public domain."

Bhamwiki.com

(52) Dr. George C. Bell

Principal of Ullman High School

Dedication of the Bell Building, May 16, 1971

University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)

https://library.uab.edu/locations/archives/image-of-the-month/314-may-2011

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(53) 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Jesus Christ is the Main Attraction!

https://16thstreetbaptist.org/history-2/

16th Street Baptist Church © (2019)

Proudly Designed by Your PR Diva

Retrieved 10/02/20197

The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11)

(54) Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

Last edited 5 days ago by Felida97

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(55) Mrs. Mary E. Stith-Nation

Principal

Letter of Testimonials and Greetings (2 pages)

to my son, William D. McKinstry (Willie McKinstry)

Birmingham, Alabama

November 27, 1955

Personal Collection of Grenetta McKinstry

Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(56) WJLD radio- history

Willie McKinstry

(1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s)

http://wjldradio.com/wjld-history-1940s/

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(57) Gospel Music

Roots and Background 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

Last edited 4 hours ago by Ghmyrtle

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(58) WJLD 

Station History

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJLD

Last edited 1 year ago by Rudy2alan

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(59) Alma Vivian Powell 

1st black Secretary of State of the United States of America (Served under President George W. Bush, 2001-2005). 

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Powell

Last edited 2 months ago by JJMC89 bot III

Retrieved. 12/17/2010

(60) Nelson H. Smith, Jr.

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Nelson_H._Smith

Bhamwiki.com

This page was last modified on 4 June 2013, at 16:37.

This page has been accessed 18,754 times.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(61) Three Ministers Kneeling

The Kneeling ministers statue at Kelly Ingram Park. Photographed on January 15, 2007 by André Natta. 

Bhamwiki.com

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kneeling_ministers_statue

This page was last modified on 10 September 2015, at 11:36.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(62) Greg Morris. 1972

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Morris

English: Photo of Greg Morris as part of the cast of Mission:Impossible in 1972

CBS photo- Public Domain

Retrieved 10/20/2019

(63) Sam Cooke. 1963

RCA Victor Records • Public domain

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#/media/File%3ASam_Cooke_2.jpg

Last edited 19 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 11/23/2019

(64) Otis Redding 

Concert Brochure 

Also, Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding

Last edited 13 days ago by Gagwef

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(65) Von [Detroit] Record Label

Artist: Willie McKinstry And Group

Country: USA

Catalogue: VON 724

http://www.45cat.com/record/von724

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(66) Mr. Willie McKinstry

Public Relations Staff

New Pilgrim Baptist Church

Birmingham, Alabama

1975 Church Year Book

Pg. 42

Black Color Book (diamond jubilee)

(67) Legacy of Deacon 

Willie D. McKinstry

1919-1978

By James A. Cotton

April Issue 1978

The Mirror

Birmingham, Alabama

References

(1) THE ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE AS OF APRIL 2, 2019

McKinstry Family House, 2236 Ishkooda Road SW, Birmingham c. 1952-1978 Listed: 2/12/2015

https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web)%20April%202019.pdf#page60

Listed under Jefferson County. Page 63 of 120..

Retrieved 10/10/2019

(2) Birmingham Public Records..

Birmingham Public Library

Birmingham, AL

1953

Filmed from the holdings of 

The Library of Congress

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(3) Birmingham, AL

Year 1956.

Filmed from the holdings of the library of congress

City Directories for Birmingham and Bessemer

Birmingham Public Library's Southern History Department 

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(4) IRS Document, U.S.A.

Granted: 501(c)3 for McKinstry Family Museum, Inc.

Donations to the museum are tax deductible. 

February 11, 2016

Letter from IRS.

(5) Interview, Doris McKinstry Chaney, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  11/26/2019

(6) Racial Segregation in the United States

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States

Last edited 6 hours ago by Mysticair667537

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(7) Sojourner Truth

by Kerri Lee Alexander  

JANUARY 24, 2019

National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/sojourner-truth

Retrieved: 10/17/2019

(8)  Segregation ordinances

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Segregation_ordinances

This page was last modified on 12 July 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved 10/02/2019.

(9) Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (BBBC)

Encyclopedia of Alabama

Original Birmingham Baptist Bible College Building

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2577

Published:  May 3, 2010   |   Last updated:  May 11, 2010

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(10) Most Segregated City in America

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Most_Segregated_City_in_America

last modified on 23 August 2016, at 09:40.

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(11) John F. Kennedy

35th President

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

Retrieved 10/09/2019

(12) Black Americans

The World Book Encyclopedia 

B.    Volume 2

World Book, Inc.

Year 1986

Page 306

(13) "Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Dies at 75; Police Head Fought Integration" 

March 11, 1973, Page 61

The New York Times Archives

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/eugene-bull-connor-dies-at-75-police-head-fought-integration-less.html

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(14)  Al Hibler

Hollywood Star Walk

Los Angeles Times

James J. Kriegsmann

http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/al-hibbler/

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(15)  Civil Rights Movement Photographs

The Children's Crusade: Birmingham — 1963

https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgbham.htm

Retrieved 10/22/2019

(16) African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

social movement in the United States during the 20th century

Wikipedia 

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954–1968)#

Last edited 1 month ago by CommonsDelinker

Retrieved 10/25/2019. 

(17) Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Slavery Abolished

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Last edited 7 days ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 11/21/2019

(18) Gordon (Slave)

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave)

Last edited 2 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved: 11/24/2019

(19) Ullman High School.

Bham Wiki 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Ullman_High_School

last modified on 21 December 2017, at 12:46.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(20) Catherine Oseas

Assistant Archivist

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

((21) James L. Baggett

Department Head 

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

(22) Tommy Wren (Civil Rights Activist)

Birmingham resident and Civil Rights foot soldier Tommy Wrenn dies

Updated Jan 14, 2019; Posted Oct 22, 2010

By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com

https://www.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/birmingham_resident_and_civil.html

Retrieved 10/28/2019

(23) March on Washington

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom

Last edited 4 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 19/02/2019

(24)  Kelly Ingram Park

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kelly_Ingram_Park

last modified on 28 March 2017, at 12:47.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(25) March on Selma. 1965 

https://www.newyorker.com/humor

Letter from Selma

On the trail to Montgomery 

By Renata Adler

April 2, 1965

April 10, 1965 Issue

(26) St. Augustine Movement 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_movement

Last edited 10 days ago by Mitchumch

Retrieved 10-10-2019

(27) Interview, Willie G. McKinstry, wife of Willie D. McKinstry, interview by author. Atlanta, GA, Year 2013.

(28) JIM CROW LAWS

by: Content Team 34

August 27, 2016 

https://legaldictionary.net/jim-crow-laws/

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(29) Interview, Shirley McKinstry King, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014. 

(30) Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel

Last edited 4 months ago by Pilotwes

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(31) I Went Door to Door in Search of Ancient Elevators in New York City

By Andy Newman

Dec. 16, 2017

Ny Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/insider/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

Or

Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G

By Andy Newman

Dec. 15, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/nyregion/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(32)  A. G. Gaston

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/A._G._Gaston

last modified on 14 September 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved on 10/01/2019

(33) Interracial Marriage 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage

Last edited 3 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(34) Booklet containing "The Declaration of Independence" and

"The Constitution of the United States of America"

Booklet (front & back)

Prepared and Distributed by Phillips Petroleum 

Without charge as a public service.

Any use of this booklet by any person or 

Group should not be considered an endorsement

By Phillips Petroleum Company. W08414 1986.

Picked up from Sandy Springs Public Library

Booklet on display for distribution to the public

Free of charge. 

(35) Zion Memorial Gardens

Find A Grave

Robert Bryan Sep    2009

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1768102/zion-memorial-gardens

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(36) Elmwood Cemetery- (28) Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#/media/File%3AElmwood_Cemetery_front_gate.jpg

&

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#

Last edited 1 month ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(37) Johns-Ridout's Mortuary-Elmwood Chapel

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/alabama/birmingham/johns-ridouts-mortuary-elmwood-chapel/fh-6039

Retrieved 11/07/2019

(38) Google.com

Carole Denise McNair.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQ8_FlJSJWrbqlLbm_lrTJWSGREOA%3A1576555105189&source=hp&ei=YVL4XZemCc6k_Qa6qZ-QAQ&q=carol+denise+mcnair

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(39) The Temptations

Eddie Kendricks, Birmingham native

Today in Music History: Remembering Eddie Kendricks

October 5, 2016

THE CURRENTS MORNING SHOW

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/09/28/today-in-music-history-remembering-eddie-kendricks

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(40) John Rice Jr.

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/John_Rice_Jr

This page was last modified on 24 May 2017, at 14:04.

Retrieved 12/19/2019

(41) The Alabama theater.

Birmingham, AL

Historic Photographs of Birmingham Gallery

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-4338

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA

Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.

(42) Interview, Marvin McKinstry, son of Willie McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014.

.(43) Lyric theater (separate colored entrance)

https://www.al.com/opinion/2016/01/when_a_theater_is_more_than_ju.html

Gallery: Lyric Theatre dedication ceremony

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

(44)  Personal recollections, Grenetta McKinstry, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(45) Showplaces of the South, Part 3

The Empire Movie theatre

Goldfinger movie shows on marque in photo

(Middle of the page)

February 14, 1965, Sunday 

http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/bhamtheaters_part3.htm

Page created 07/03/2006 -- 817 PM EDT

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(46)  Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver_Theatre_(Birmingham,_Alabama)

Last edited 2 months ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(47) Boutwell Auditorium

Notable Events

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium

This page was last modified on 4 September 2019, at 08:10.

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(48) OF ANOTHER FASHION

AN ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE OF THE NOT-QUITE-HIDDEN BUT TOO OFTEN IGNORED FASHION HISTORIES OF U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR 

Minh-Ha T. Pham

https://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/page/18

Retrieve 10/19/2019

(49) Eleanor Roosevelt (public domain)

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Or 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Last edited 10 days ago by Rjensen

Retrieved 10/24/20

(50) List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

Humanitarian and social causes

Eleanor Roosevelt 

First Lady of the United States of America & Humanitarian

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_sisters

Last edited 3 days ago by Trappist the monk

Retrieved 10/26/2019

(51) Ullman High School

File:Ullman School.jpg

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/File:Ullman_School.jpg

"This work is in the public domain"

"This work was published in the United States before 1923 and is now in the public domain."

Bhamwiki.com

(52) Dr. George C. Bell

Principal of Ullman High School

Dedication of the Bell Building, May 16, 1971

University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)

https://library.uab.edu/locations/archives/image-of-the-month/314-may-2011

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(53) 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Jesus Christ is the Main Attraction!

https://16thstreetbaptist.org/history-2/

16th Street Baptist Church © (2019)

Proudly Designed by Your PR Diva

Retrieved 10/02/20197

The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11)

(54) Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

Last edited 5 days ago by Felida97

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(55) Mrs. Mary E. Stith-Nation

Principal

Letter of Testimonials and Greetings (2 pages)

to my son, William D. McKinstry (Willie McKinstry)

Birmingham, Alabama

November 27, 1955

Personal Collection of Grenetta McKinstry

Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(56) WJLD radio- history

Willie McKinstry

(1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s)

http://wjldradio.com/wjld-history-1940s/

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(57) Gospel Music

Roots and Background 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

Last edited 4 hours ago by Ghmyrtle

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(58) WJLD 

Station History

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJLD

Last edited 1 year ago by Rudy2alan

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(59) Alma Vivian Powell 

1st black Secretary of State of the United States of America (Served under President George W. Bush, 2001-2005). 

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Powell

Last edited 2 months ago by JJMC89 bot III

Retrieved. 12/17/2010

(60) Nelson H. Smith, Jr.

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Nelson_H._Smith

Bhamwiki.com

This page was last modified on 4 June 2013, at 16:37.

This page has been accessed 18,754 times.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(61) Three Ministers Kneeling

The Kneeling ministers statue at Kelly Ingram Park. Photographed on January 15, 2007 by André Natta. 

Bhamwiki.com

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kneeling_ministers_statue

This page was last modified on 10 September 2015, at 11:36.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(62) Greg Morris. 1972

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Morris

English: Photo of Greg Morris as part of the cast of Mission:Impossible in 1972

CBS photo- Public Domain

Retrieved 10/20/2019

(63) Sam Cooke. 1963

RCA Victor Records • Public domain

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#/media/File%3ASam_Cooke_2.jpg

Last edited 19 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 11/23/2019

(64) Otis Redding 

Concert Brochure 

Also, Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding

Last edited 13 days ago by Gagwef

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(65) Von [Detroit] Record Label

Artist: Willie McKinstry And Group

Country: USA

Catalogue: VON 724

http://www.45cat.com/record/von724

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(66) Mr. Willie McKinstry

Public Relations Staff

New Pilgrim Baptist Church

Birmingham, Alabama

1975 Church Year Book

Pg. 42

Black Color Book (diamond jubilee)

(67) Legacy of Deacon 

Willie D. McKinstry

1919-1978

By James A. Cotton

April Issue 1978

The Mirror

Birmingham, Alabama

References

(1) THE ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE AS OF APRIL 2, 2019

McKinstry Family House, 2236 Ishkooda Road SW, Birmingham c. 1952-1978 Listed: 2/12/2015

https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web)%20April%202019.pdf#page60

Listed under Jefferson County. Page 63 of 120..

Retrieved 10/10/2019

(2) Birmingham Public Records..

Birmingham Public Library

Birmingham, AL

1953

Filmed from the holdings of 

The Library of Congress

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(3) Birmingham, AL

Year 1956.

Filmed from the holdings of the library of congress

City Directories for Birmingham and Bessemer

Birmingham Public Library's Southern History Department 

McKinstry, Willie D. (Willie G.)

r RD 1 Box 410

Retrieved: 12/14/2014

(4) IRS Document, U.S.A.

Granted: 501(c)3 for McKinstry Family Museum, Inc.

Donations to the museum are tax deductible. 

February 11, 2016

Letter from IRS.

(5) Interview, Doris McKinstry Chaney, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  11/26/2019

(6) Racial Segregation in the United States

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States

Last edited 6 hours ago by Mysticair667537

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(7) Sojourner Truth

by Kerri Lee Alexander  

JANUARY 24, 2019

National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/sojourner-truth

Retrieved: 10/17/2019

(8)  Segregation ordinances

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Segregation_ordinances

This page was last modified on 12 July 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved 10/02/2019.

(9) Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (BBBC)

Encyclopedia of Alabama

Original Birmingham Baptist Bible College Building

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2577

Published:  May 3, 2010   |   Last updated:  May 11, 2010

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(10) Most Segregated City in America

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Most_Segregated_City_in_America

last modified on 23 August 2016, at 09:40.

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(11) John F. Kennedy

35th President

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

Retrieved 10/09/2019

(12) Black Americans

The World Book Encyclopedia 

B.    Volume 2

World Book, Inc.

Year 1986

Page 306

(13) "Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Dies at 75; Police Head Fought Integration" 

March 11, 1973, Page 61

The New York Times Archives

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/eugene-bull-connor-dies-at-75-police-head-fought-integration-less.html

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(14)  Al Hibler

Hollywood Star Walk

Los Angeles Times

James J. Kriegsmann

http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/al-hibbler/

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(15)  Civil Rights Movement Photographs

The Children's Crusade: Birmingham — 1963

https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgbham.htm

Retrieved 10/22/2019

(16) African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

social movement in the United States during the 20th century

Wikipedia 

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954–1968)#

Last edited 1 month ago by CommonsDelinker

Retrieved 10/25/2019. 

(17) Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Slavery Abolished

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Last edited 7 days ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 11/21/2019

(18) Gordon (Slave)

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave)

Last edited 2 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved: 11/24/2019

(19) Ullman High School.

Bham Wiki 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Ullman_High_School

last modified on 21 December 2017, at 12:46.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(20) Catherine Oseas

Assistant Archivist

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

((21) James L. Baggett

Department Head 

Archives Department

Birmingham Public Library

2100 Park Place

Birmingham, AL 35203

Jacqueline Court Document

Retrieved 12/16/2014

(22) Tommy Wren (Civil Rights Activist)

Birmingham resident and Civil Rights foot soldier Tommy Wrenn dies

Updated Jan 14, 2019; Posted Oct 22, 2010

By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com

https://www.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/birmingham_resident_and_civil.html

Retrieved 10/28/2019

(23) March on Washington

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom

Last edited 4 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 19/02/2019

(24)  Kelly Ingram Park

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kelly_Ingram_Park

last modified on 28 March 2017, at 12:47.

Retrieved on 10/02/2019

(25) March on Selma. 1965 

https://www.newyorker.com/humor

Letter from Selma

On the trail to Montgomery 

By Renata Adler

April 2, 1965

April 10, 1965 Issue

(26) St. Augustine Movement 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_movement

Last edited 10 days ago by Mitchumch

Retrieved 10-10-2019

(27) Interview, Willie G. McKinstry, wife of Willie D. McKinstry, interview by author. Atlanta, GA, Year 2013.

(28) JIM CROW LAWS

by: Content Team 34

August 27, 2016 

https://legaldictionary.net/jim-crow-laws/

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(29) Interview, Shirley McKinstry King, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014. 

(30) Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel

Last edited 4 months ago by Pilotwes

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(31) I Went Door to Door in Search of Ancient Elevators in New York City

By Andy Newman

Dec. 16, 2017

Ny Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/insider/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

Or

Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G

By Andy Newman

Dec. 15, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/nyregion/manual-elevators-operators.html

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(32)  A. G. Gaston

BHAM WIKI

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/A._G._Gaston

last modified on 14 September 2019, at 11:42.

Retrieved on 10/01/2019

(33) Interracial Marriage 

Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage

Last edited 3 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(34) Booklet containing "The Declaration of Independence" and

"The Constitution of the United States of America"

Booklet (front & back)

Prepared and Distributed by Phillips Petroleum 

Without charge as a public service.

Any use of this booklet by any person or 

Group should not be considered an endorsement

By Phillips Petroleum Company. W08414 1986.

Picked up from Sandy Springs Public Library

Booklet on display for distribution to the public

Free of charge. 

(35) Zion Memorial Gardens

Find A Grave

Robert Bryan Sep    2009

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1768102/zion-memorial-gardens

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(36) Elmwood Cemetery- (28) Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#/media/File%3AElmwood_Cemetery_front_gate.jpg

&

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham,_Alabama)#

Last edited 1 month ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 10/02/2019

(37) Johns-Ridout's Mortuary-Elmwood Chapel

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/alabama/birmingham/johns-ridouts-mortuary-elmwood-chapel/fh-6039

Retrieved 11/07/2019

(38) Google.com

Carole Denise McNair.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQ8_FlJSJWrbqlLbm_lrTJWSGREOA%3A1576555105189&source=hp&ei=YVL4XZemCc6k_Qa6qZ-QAQ&q=carol+denise+mcnair

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(39) The Temptations

Eddie Kendricks, Birmingham native

Today in Music History: Remembering Eddie Kendricks

October 5, 2016

THE CURRENTS MORNING SHOW

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/09/28/today-in-music-history-remembering-eddie-kendricks

Retrieved 10/21/2019

(40) John Rice Jr.

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/John_Rice_Jr

This page was last modified on 24 May 2017, at 14:04.

Retrieved 12/19/2019

(41) The Alabama theater.

Birmingham, AL

Historic Photographs of Birmingham Gallery

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-4338

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA

Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.

(42) Interview, Marvin McKinstry, son of Willie McKinstry, interview by author. Birmingham, AL,  12/ 16/2014.

.(43) Lyric theater (separate colored entrance)

https://www.al.com/opinion/2016/01/when_a_theater_is_more_than_ju.html

Gallery: Lyric Theatre dedication ceremony

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

(44)  Personal recollections, Grenetta McKinstry, child of Willie D. and Willie G. McKinstry, Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(45) Showplaces of the South, Part 3

The Empire Movie theatre

Goldfinger movie shows on marque in photo

(Middle of the page)

February 14, 1965, Sunday 

http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/bhamtheaters_part3.htm

Page created 07/03/2006 -- 817 PM EDT

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(46)  Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver_Theatre_(Birmingham,_Alabama)

Last edited 2 months ago by InternetArchiveBot

Retrieved 12/16/2019

(47) Boutwell Auditorium

Notable Events

BHAMWIKI 

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium

This page was last modified on 4 September 2019, at 08:10.

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(48) OF ANOTHER FASHION

AN ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE OF THE NOT-QUITE-HIDDEN BUT TOO OFTEN IGNORED FASHION HISTORIES OF U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR 

Minh-Ha T. Pham

https://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/page/18

Retrieve 10/19/2019

(49) Eleanor Roosevelt (public domain)

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Or 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt#/media/File%3AEleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg

Last edited 10 days ago by Rjensen

Retrieved 10/24/20

(50) List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

Humanitarian and social causes

Eleanor Roosevelt 

First Lady of the United States of America & Humanitarian

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_sisters

Last edited 3 days ago by Trappist the monk

Retrieved 10/26/2019

(51) Ullman High School

File:Ullman School.jpg

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/File:Ullman_School.jpg

"This work is in the public domain"

"This work was published in the United States before 1923 and is now in the public domain."

Bhamwiki.com

(52) Dr. George C. Bell

Principal of Ullman High School

Dedication of the Bell Building, May 16, 1971

University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)

https://library.uab.edu/locations/archives/image-of-the-month/314-may-2011

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(53) 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Jesus Christ is the Main Attraction!

https://16thstreetbaptist.org/history-2/

16th Street Baptist Church © (2019)

Proudly Designed by Your PR Diva

Retrieved 10/02/20197

The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11)

(54) Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

Last edited 5 days ago by Felida97

Retrieved 12/18/2019

(55) Mrs. Mary E. Stith-Nation

Principal

Letter of Testimonials and Greetings (2 pages)

to my son, William D. McKinstry (Willie McKinstry)

Birmingham, Alabama

November 27, 1955

Personal Collection of Grenetta McKinstry

Sandy Springs, GA 30350

(56) WJLD radio- history

Willie McKinstry

(1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s)

http://wjldradio.com/wjld-history-1940s/

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(57) Gospel Music

Roots and Background 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

Last edited 4 hours ago by Ghmyrtle

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(58) WJLD 

Station History

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJLD

Last edited 1 year ago by Rudy2alan

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(59) Alma Vivian Powell 

1st black Secretary of State of the United States of America (Served under President George W. Bush, 2001-2005). 

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Powell

Last edited 2 months ago by JJMC89 bot III

Retrieved. 12/17/2010

(60) Nelson H. Smith, Jr.

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Nelson_H._Smith

Bhamwiki.com

This page was last modified on 4 June 2013, at 16:37.

This page has been accessed 18,754 times.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(61) Three Ministers Kneeling

The Kneeling ministers statue at Kelly Ingram Park. Photographed on January 15, 2007 by André Natta. 

Bhamwiki.com

https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Kneeling_ministers_statue

This page was last modified on 10 September 2015, at 11:36.

Retrieved: 11/26/2019

(62) Greg Morris. 1972

Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Morris

English: Photo of Greg Morris as part of the cast of Mission:Impossible in 1972

CBS photo- Public Domain

Retrieved 10/20/2019

(63) Sam Cooke. 1963

RCA Victor Records • Public domain

Wikipedia.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#/media/File%3ASam_Cooke_2.jpg

Last edited 19 days ago by an anonymous user

Retrieved 11/23/2019

(64) Otis Redding 

Concert Brochure 

Also, Wikipedia 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding

Last edited 13 days ago by Gagwef

Retrieved 10/27/2019

(65) Von [Detroit] Record Label

Artist: Willie McKinstry And Group

Country: USA

Catalogue: VON 724

http://www.45cat.com/record/von724

Retrieved 10/12/2019

(66) Mr. Willie McKinstry

Public Relations Staff

New Pilgrim Baptist Church

Birmingham, Alabama

1975 Church Year Book

Pg. 42

Black Color Book (diamond jubilee)

(67) Legacy of Deacon 

Willie D. McKinstry

1919-1978

By James A. Cotton

April Issue 1978

The Mirror

Birmingham, Alabama