Vernon Johns
American pastor and public intellectual (1892–1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dr. Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was an American minister based in the South and a pioneer in the civil rights movement. He is best known as the pastor (1947–52) of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was succeeded there by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dr. Vernon Johns | |
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Born | (1892-04-22)April 22, 1892 |
Died | June 11, 1965(1965-06-11) (aged 73) |
Alma mater | Oberlin Seminary University of Chicago |
Movement | Civil Rights Movement |
Spouse | Altona Trent |
Children | Six children |
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Johns was widely known in the black community across the South for his profound scholarship in the classics, his intellect, and his highly controversial and outspoken sermons on race relations, which were ahead of his time.[1]