Channing E. Phllips

Channing E. Phllips

Minister, Civil Rights Leader, Presidential Nominee 1968

Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections

2015

Moshe Kornfield, Scott Meyer, Elias Sacks, Stephanie Yuhas, Andrew Violet, Jane Thaler

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Channing Phillips (1928 - 1987) played a prominent role in government, in the academy, and as a minister. He was born in Brooklyn and served in the Air Force for two years before attending Virginia Union University, where he earned a B.A. in sociology. He studied for the ministry at Colgate Divinity School and began doctoral work at Drew University. In 1968, Phillips led Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign as well as the Washington, D.C. delegation to the Democratic National Convention. After Kennedy’s assassination, the delegation reassigned their votes to Phillips, securing his role as the first African-American to be nominated for president at a major party convention. Phillips served as executive director of the Housing Development Corporation and as the director of congressional relations for the National Endowment for the Humanities during the Carter administration. He was a professor at Howard University and was vice president of Virginia Union University. He also worked as a minister at both Lincoln Temple in Washington, D.C. and Riverside Church in New York City. Channing E. Phillips MINISTER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE 1968