Interview with Jacob Pinney-Johnson

Interview with Jacob Pinney-Johnson

Jacob Pinney-Johnson

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Interviewers

Ivan McHerron, Jr. & Jayvon Smith

Description

Jacob Pinney-Johnson was interviewed as part of SHARE’s Reparations in the Black World oral history collection which was developed in partnership with the students in a Black Reparations course at Western Michigan University. Mr. Pinney-Johnson was interviewed by Jayvon Smith and Ivan McHerron Jr., students in the aforementioned course. During the interview, Mr. Pinney discussed the following topics:

  • How his family have been civil rights activists in Kalamazoo for over 100 years;
  • His great grandmother being on the executive committee for the Michigan Manual for Freedman’s Progress;
  • His father, president of the youth chapter of the NAACP, helping lead the Van Avery Drug Store Boycott;
  • The Fatherhood Network;
  • Racial wealth disparities;
  • How he has personally experienced racism and discrimination
  • Workforce development;
  • Environmental Justice;
  • His life goals and purpose;
  • His thoughts on reparations
  • Kalamazoo’s racist past, and;
  • Kalamazoo County’s unfulfilled resolution on economic reparations.

Date of Interview

4-2-2025

Location of Interview

Kalamazoo, MI

Series

Reparations in the Black World

Keywords

Oral History, Kalamazoo, Reparations, Civil Rights, Lincoln Jubilee, Van Avery Drugstore, NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr., William Darity

Disciplines

African American Studies | Oral History

Notes

The Society for History and Racial Equity’s oral history archive is made possible through Western Michigan University’s Presidential Innovation Professorship program. All collection materials and copyright are owned by SHARE; Western Michigan University Libraries provide stewardship and digital access. Content is for educational purposes only and non-reproducible. If cited or linked, please do so through ScholarWorks with appropriate attribution. Please direct any questions to scholarworks@wmich.edu.

Language

ENG

Document Type

Interview

Length of video

11 pages

Length of video log

54:04

Interview with Jacob Pinney-Johnson

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