Background
JOHNSON, Mordecai Wyatt was born on January 12, 1890 in Paris, Tennessee, United States. Son of Revolution Wyatt and Carolyn (Freeman) Johnson.
JOHNSON, Mordecai Wyatt was born on January 12, 1890 in Paris, Tennessee, United States. Son of Revolution Wyatt and Carolyn (Freeman) Johnson.
Morehouse College, (colored), Atlanta, Georgia., Bachelor of Arts, 1911. University of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts, 1913. Rochester Theological Seminary, Bachelor of Divinity, 1921.
Harvard University, S.T.M., 1922. Howard University, Washington, Doctor of Divinity, 1923.
Ch. Carolyn Elizabeth, Mordecai Wyatt, Archer Clement. Prof, of English, later of Economics and History, Morehouse College, 1911-1913. Student Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Mumford, New York, 1913-1916.
Student Secretary, International Committee Young Men's Christian Association, 1916-1917. Ordained Baptist Ministry, 1916. Pastor, First Baptist Church, Charleston, W. Virginia., 1917-1926.
President, Howard University, since 1926.
Spouse Anna Ethelyn Gardner, December 25, 1916, Augusta, Georgia.