• 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...
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  • John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood...
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  • acquired the former Randolph-Macon campus in 1878 to establish the school. Vernon Johns attended the school. The American Folklife Center has five interviews...
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    (TV) 1994: The Vernon Johns Story (TV) as Rose aka Freedom Road: The Vernon Johns Story (UK) aka The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (USA: alternative...
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    Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights...
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  • Johns is a surname shared by the following notable people: Adrian Johns (born 1951), Royal Navy vice-admiral, former Second Sea Lord and former Governor...
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    leading African-American preachers of the early 20th-century, along with Vernon Johns and Howard Thurman. Johnson was born on January 12, 1890, in Paris, Tennessee...
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    Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War...
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    Time Station, The Babysitters Club, and made for television movies The Vernon Johns Story starring James Earl Jones and after school special Summertime Switch...
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  • awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart; and Robert. Powell's uncle was Vernon Johns, an outspoken activist for civil rights. When he visited Powell and her...
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