Johnson, Mordecai W.

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Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976

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Johnson, Mordecai Wyatt 1890-

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Johnson, Mordecai W. 1890-1976

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Mordecai W. Johnson

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Wyatt Johnson, Mordecai 1890-1976

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African American minister and educator; president of Howard University (1926-1960).

From the description of Papers, 1913-1976. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941398 1890 January 12 Born to Carolyn Freeman and Wyatt Johnson in Paris, Tennessee 1911 Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Atlanta Baptist [later Morehouse] College 1911 1913 Taught English at Atlanta Baptist College 1913 Received Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago 1913 1916 Served as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Mumford, NY 1916 Ordained as a Baptist minister 1916 Married Anna Ethelyn Gardner; five children 1916 1917 Worked as a student secretary of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. 1917 1926 Served as Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charleston, West Virginia 1920 Received Bachelor of Divinity degree from Rochester Theological Seminary 1922 Received Master of Sacred Theology degree from Harvard University; Delivered graduation speech, The Faith of the American Negro 1926 1960 Served as President of Howard University 1929 Awarded the N.A.A.C.P.'s Spingarn Medal 1959 Served as a delegate to the Atlantic Congress 1962 1965 Served as a member of the D.C. Board of Education 1970 April Married Alice Taylor King 1973 September 6 Dedication of the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Building at Howard University 1976 September 10 Died in Washington, DC. Buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland

Source: Mordecai Johnson Papers, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Box 178-16, Writings about Mordecai Johnson

From the guide to the Mordecai Johnson Papers, 1913-1976, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

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