Reverend Michael E. Haynes

An interview with Reverend Michael E. Haynes (1927-), former pastor of Twelfth Baptist Church and Massachusetts State Representative. Haynes talks about his early influences, the introduction of gospel music to Boston, his experiences working with youth, and the effects of urban renewal on his community. This interview was collected as part of Northeastern University's Lower Roxbury Black History Project (2007-2009). Finding aid: http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m165find.htm

Media

Video

Video recording of interview with Reverend Michael E. Haynes, 2007
Roxbury Teen-age Music Theater reel

Audio

Sound recording of interview with Reverend Michael E. Haynes, 2007
Albany Street Projects

Transcript

Transcript of interview with Reverend Michael E. Haynes, 2007

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Reverend Michael E. Haynes converses with unknown individuals
Reverend Michael E. Haynes stands beside his vehicle
Abandoned buildings in Lower Roxbury
An overgrown street in Lower Roxbury
Reverend Michael E. Haynes stands on the corner of an empty street in Lower Roxbury
Reverend Michael E. Haynes stands on the stairs of an abandoned building in Lower Roxbury
1919 Varsity
Boston Park Dept Playground Directors Season of 1934
English High School athlete poses for the camera
The Exquisites visit Senator "Ted" Kennedy
A group holiday photo at the Norfolk House
A photograph of the audience seated in an auditorium
An unknown group of individuals seated around a dining table
An unknown group of individuals seated in the front rows of an auditorium
Unknown individuals, dancing at the Norfolk House
Unknown individuals performing in a community play at the Norfolk House
7:15 a.m. at Breezy Meadows Camp
Black bear cub plays with instructor
A boy blows a bubble during a talent show at Breezy Meadows Camp
Boy leans against a totem pole in a field at Breezy Meadows Camp
Boy leans on sign pointing to nature study cabin
Breezy Meadows Camp staff members, eating a meal in the dining hall
Breezy Meadows Camp staff members, seated at a table in the dining hall
Breezy Meadows Camp staff members, seated on a bench
Campers eat a meal in the dining hall
Campers pose in front of cabin
Campers pose with black bear cub
Campers pose with nature-study instructor
Boy holds a small falcon in his hand
The girls go!
A group of boys pose in front of cabins at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of boys sit under the trees
A lecture in nature
My house - Breezy Meadows Camp
Nature study '49
Nature-study instructor holds young raccoon
Portrait of Frank Santos
Staff members prepare food in the kitchen of Breezy Meadows Camp
Three boys play horseshoes at Breezy Meadows Camp
Two boys pose on diving board at Breezy Meadows Camp
Two boys pose with sign pointing to the picnic grounds
Two girls play in the sand at Breezy Meadows Camp
"Tyler" at St. John Baptist in Worcester
Unidentified man poses with sign at entrance to Breezy Meadows Camp
Vision of youth
Will I float?
Bowden gets Greenidge trophy
A boy in swimming trunks poses for the camera at Breezy Meadows Camp
Boys at flag raising
Franklin Gordon poses in front of cabin at Breezy Meadows Camp
John A. Shelburne, Camp Director
My day at Camp
Program director's workshop
"Tortie" Powell poses in a field at Breezy Meadows Camp
View from the main entrance
A boy in swimming trunks poses in front of a sign at Breezy Meadows Camp
The camp counselors and nurse pose for a photo at Breezy Meadow Camp
Cantabrigians, all
A counselor and a camper pose together at Breezy Meadows Camp
The dining hall
A girl poses with a sign pointing to the picnic grounds at Breezy Meadows Camp
Photograph of boys gathered for activities in a cabin at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of boys hang out the window of a bus on the way to Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of boys pose on the stairs of an unknown building
A group of boys poses on the stairs of an unknown building
A group of boys splash in the lake at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of boys stand at the edge of a manmade lake at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers and counselors pose in front of the cabins at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers gather for a religious service at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers pose against a stone wall at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers pose in front of the cabins at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers pose on top of a stone wall at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers salute the American flag at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of campers salutes the American flag at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of children poses for the camera at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of people gather near the stairs of a building
A group of people gather on the lawn at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young boys climb into a vehicle at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young boys walks down a dirt road at night
A group of young campers pose in front of the cabins at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young girls, seated in the dining hall at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young girls, seated in the dining hall of the Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young men perform on stage at Breezy Meadows Camp
A group of young men pose in a field at Breezy Meadows Camp
The guest house at Breezy Meadows Camp
Hensy, from Malden, Massachusetts
Lall and Brown
A man bugles in front of a cabin at Breezy Meadows Camp
Nature boy - Wallace Dewey - Boston
A nurse holds a tissue to a boy's nose in the infirmary at Breezy Meadows Camp
A nurse holds a tissue to a boy's nose in the infirmary at Breezy Meadows Camp
Ronald Hicks fishing
They've gone
Three boys pose by the fireplace in a cabin at Breezy Meadows Camp
Three girls pose in front of buses after arriving at Breezy Meadows Camp
Three individuals pose behind a sign pointing to the infirmary at Breezy Meadows Camp
An unknown man poses in front of an automobile
We pose!
A woman poses with a totem pole at Breezy Meadows Camp
A woman walks down a path at Breezy Meadows Camp
A young boy poses outside a cabin at Breezy Meadows Camp
The Dorchester High School Band marches in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
A group of unidentified English High School students pose in their Boston School Boy Cadets uniforms
A group of unidentified students carry flags in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
A group of unidentified students march in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
A group of unidentified students march in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
A group of unidentified students march in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
A marching band from an unknown school participates in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
St. Cyprians' marching band performs in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
An unidentified Boston School Boy Cadet in uniform
An unidentified cadet poses before the parade
An unidentified group of Boston Latin School students loiter after the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
An unidentified group of students march in Boston School Boy Cadets parade with drums
An unidentified group of students marches with rifles in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
An unidentified student poses in his Boston School Boy Cadets uniform
An unidentified student poses in his Boston School Boy Cadets uniform
An unidentified student poses with a child in his Boston School Boy Cadets uniform
Unidentified students march in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
Unidentified students pose in their Boston School Boy Cadets uniforms
Unidentified students with trumpets march in the Boston School Boy Cadets parade
Program celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Robert Gould Shaw House, Inc.
Letter from Morris R. Taylor, Headworker of the Robert Gould Shaw House
Program celebrating fortieth anniversary of Robert Gould Shaw House, Inc
Letter from Congressman John Conyers, Jr. to Reverend Michael E. Haynes accepting his invitation to be the primary speaker for the 1966 New Year's Day Annual Emancipation Day Service in Boston
Letter from Reverend Michael E. Haynes to Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Reverend Michael E. Haynes
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, former President of Morehouse College, at a microphone
Kivie Kaplan, Senator Edward W. Brooke, and Reverend Michael E. Haynes
Kivie Kaplan shakes hands with an unidentified male while Reverend Michael E. Haynes looks on
Reverend Michael E. Haynes and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reverend Michael E. Haynes attending a meeting
Reverend Michael E. Haynes giving a presentation
Reverend Michael E. Haynes, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and unidentified male
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Reverend Michael E. Haynes, Virgil Wood, and Senator Edward W. Brooke
Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Edward W. Brooke with Kivie Kaplan, Virgil Wood, and others