Johnson, Mordecai W.
Variant namesAfrican 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
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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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| referencedIn | William Ernest Hocking papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Enit Kaufman, American Portraits, Papers, TXRC99-A1., 1914-1958 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Barnett, Claude, 1889-1967. Claude A. Barnett papers, 1918-1967 (bulk 1928-1963). | Chicago History Museum | |
| referencedIn | Sheldon Glueck papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | South Carolina Council on Human Relations. Records, 1934-1976. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Miller, Emma Guffey, 1874-1970. Papers, 1833-1975 (bulk: 1884-1972) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Mordecai Johnson Papers, 1913-1976 | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Louis C. Cramton Papers, ca. 1865-1966, 1916-1965 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Miller, Emma Guffey, 1874-1970. Papers: Series I-II, 1833-1975 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Penn School Papers, 1862-2004 and undated (bulk 1862-1978) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976. Papers, 1913-1976. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Lucy D. Slowe Papers | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Rayford Whittingham Logan Papers, 1925-1982 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Jesse Edward Moorland Papers, ca. 1790-ca. 1939 | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| creatorOf | Hayes, George E. C. (George Edward Chalmers), 1894-1968. Papers, 1911-1968. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
| creatorOf | Johnson, William N., 1869-1954. Papers, 1890-1977. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | William LePre Houston Family Papers, 1777-1936, (bulk 1890-1936) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | William LePre Houston Family Papers, 1777-1936, (bulk 1890-1936) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-. Papers, 1925-1982. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| referencedIn | Kittrell, Flemmie P. (Flemmie Pansy), 1904-1980. Papers, 1924-1980. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Walter Francis White and Poppy Cannon papers | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Howard University. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1928-1977. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Jenkins, Martin David, 1904-. Martin David Jenkins collection, 1938-1978. | Morgan State University | |
| creatorOf | Enit Kaufman, American Portraits, Papers, TXRC99-A1., 1914-1958 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Cramton, Louis C. (Louis Convers), b. 1875. Louis Convers Cramton papers, 1896-1966. | Bentley Historical Library |
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Birth 1890-01-04
Death 1976-09-10
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