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Richard McKinney oral history, 2018-03-01

Interview with Richard "Mac" McKinney taking place on the Ball State campus as part of the Virginia B. Ball Center Seminar "Muslims in Muncie." Topics include: McKinney's early life in Cincinnati; the religious and cultural environment he grew up in; joining the Marine Corps, switching to the Army; moving to Muncie; when he was wounded in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006; his family; when he became aware of the Muslim community in Muncie; becoming a Muslim; the diversity of the Muslim community in Muncie; how McKinney's perception of events in the Middle East have changed after converting to Islam; the 2016 United States Presidential election; his sense of identity; and his hopes for the future. In the spring of 2018, students in the Virginia B. Ball Center seminar “Muslims in Muncie” conducted twenty-two interviews with Muslim residents in Muncie, Indiana representing a dozen nationalities and diverse in age, race, ethnicity, gender and sect. From these, the students created an hour-long documentary film. The interviews, recorded between February 20th and March 29th, address early life experiences and education; cultural and religious influences; immigration and conversion to Islam; religious practices, community, and leadership; life in Muncie; influences of national and international events; and personal stories of being Muslim in America. The film traces the history of the Muslim community of Muncie from the 1960s to 2018, focusing on opportunities, challenges and contributions. Dr. Elizabeth Agnew, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Ball State University, directed this project in partnership with the Islamic Center of Muncie and Ball State University’s Center for Middletown Studies. To access this video in the Ball State University Digital Media Repository: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collectio... To access other items in the Muslims in Muncie Oral Histories and Documentary Project collection: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collectio... The Ball State University Digital Media Repository, a project of Ball State University Libraries, contains over 250,000 freely available digital resources, including digitized material from the Ball State University Archives and Special Collections. For more information: http://dmr.bsu.edu/