Guardians of Grail

cheapbag214s · Posted: Tue 7:55, 06 Aug 2013 Post subject: from 1907-1911

beast:Mordecai Johnson was born on December 12, 1890 in a small Southern town, Paris, Tennessee to former slaves, Wyatt and Carolyn. His father was a preacher and a mill worker. He was a man who set rigorous standards for his son's chores and behavior. Mordecai's mother was a "domestic," employed by one of the prominent families in town. Mordecai had three step siblings: Jonas W., Dora, and Sallie. Three years after Wyatt's first wife's death in 1885, he married Mordecai's mother, Carolyn Freeman. When he completed his grammar school education, he enrolled in Nashville's Academy of Roger Williams University in 1903. The school was destroyed by fire in 1905. Mordecai completed the term at the Howe Institute in Memphis. Later that year, he entered the preparatory department of Atlanta Baptist College where he completed his high school studies. During his college years, from 1907-1911, he was strongly influenced by Atlanta University President John Hope. Mordecai Johnson played football and tennis,