Johnson, Mordecai W.

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)