This necktie belonged to Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney (1926-2018), author and leading civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008. This was one of several ties McKinney wore on first Sundays when Mount Zion served Communion.
ID Number: 2019.105.3
Date: Circa 1990
Physical Description: 1 Necktie; silk; 58 in.H x 3.75 in.W
