Mordecai Johnson was one of the most influential black leaders of his day. He was an educator who became the first black permanent president of Howard University. Johnson was born on January 12, 1890, in Paris, Tennessee. His parents were former slaves, his father was Reverend Wyatt J. Johnson and Carolyn Freeman (a preacher and […]
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