Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976)
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, an African American educator, clergyman, administrator, and public speaker, was born on January 4, 1891, in Paris, Tennessee, the son of Reverend Wyatt J. Johnson, a former slave. His father, a minister and laborer, was a stern man who worked at a … Read MoreMordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976)