Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
1890
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1976
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard University, Howard University, University of Chicago, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Morehouse College, Interdenominational Theological Center
occupation: clergyman
award received: Spingarn Medal
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (January 4, 1890 – September 10, 1976) was an American educator and pastor. He served as the first African-American president of Howard University, from 1926 until 1960. Johnson has been considered one of the three leading African-American preachers of the early 20th-century, along with Vernon Johns and Howard Thurman. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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