Full Name
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
Date of Birth
January 12, 1890
Place of Birth
Paris, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death
September 10, 1976
Place of Death
Washington, D.C., United States
Education
- Morehouse College, (Bachelor of Arts)
- University of Chicago, (Bachelor of Arts)
- Rochester Theological Seminary, (Bachelor of Divinity)
- Harvard University, (Master of Sacred Theology, Doctor of Divinity)
Spouses Names
- Anna Ethelyn Gardner (married December 25, 1916)
- Alice Clinton Woodson (married April 1970)
Children Names
- Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Jr.,
- Archer Clement Johnson,
- William Howard Johnson,
- Anna Faith Johnson,
- Carolyn Elizabeth Johnson
Parents Names
Known Affiliates Names
- Alain Locke,
- Ralph Bunche,
- Charles R. Drew,
- Percy Julian,
- Sterling Brown,
- Charles Hamilton Houston,
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- Howard University (President),
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (Founder of Charleston chapter),
- D.C. Board of Education