Vernon Johns

Dr. Vernon Johns
Dr. Vernon Johns
Born	April 22, 1892; Darlington Heights, Virginia
Died	June 11, 1965 (aged 73); Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Oberlin Seminary; University of Chicago
Movement	Civil Rights Movement
Spouse	Altona Trent
Children	Six children

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.

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]

^ Branch, Taylor (1988). Parting the Waters: America in the King Years. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7–25, 109–10, 339–40. ISBN 978-0-671-68742-7.

[Parting-1] Branch, Taylor (1988). Parting the Waters: America in the King Years. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7–25, 109–10, 339–40. ISBN 978-0-671-68742-7.

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Dr. Vernon Johns
Born	(1892-04-22)April 22, 1892 Darlington Heights, Virginia
Died	June 11, 1965(1965-06-11) (aged 73) Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Oberlin Seminary University of Chicago
Movement	Civil Rights Movement
Spouse	Altona Trent
Children	Six children