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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Vernon McDaniel
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| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =1907?
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[November 2]], [[2000]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Educator
| religion =
| spouse =Mildred McDaniel
| parents =
| children =
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Dr. '''Vernon McDaniel''' (1907?-[[2000]]) was an African-American educator who was principal of [[Booker T. Washington High School]] from [[1934]] to [[1944]]. In [[1941]] he was the plaintiff in a federal [[NAACP]] lawsuit against the [[Escambia County School Board]] to mandate equal pay for black teachers. Realizing the court would decide for McDaniel, the school board agreed to a settlement that would equalize salaries over a three-year period. He was dismissed from his position three years later.
McDaniel later traveled and addressed politicians (including President [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]], whom he met two days before his assassination) about [[desegregation]] and [[civil rights]] issues in education. He became a professor at Tuskegee University and in 1965 earned a doctorate in education from New York University. He then served as vice-president of Bishop College in Dallas from 1967-75.
McDaniel returned to Pensacola in [[1975]] and ran for the School Board, becoming the first African-American to be elected to the position and then the its first African-American chairman.
The school district's [[Vernon McDaniel Building]] on [[Garden Street]] was named for him on [[October 5]], [[2000]]. He passed away less than a month later, on [[November 2]], at age 93.
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[[Category:Civil rights activists|McDaniel, Vernon]] [[Category:Educators|McDaniel, Vernon]]
| subject_name =Vernon McDaniel
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =1907?
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[November 2]], [[2000]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Educator
| religion =
| spouse =Mildred McDaniel
| parents =
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
Dr. '''Vernon McDaniel''' (1907?-[[2000]]) was an African-American educator who was principal of [[Booker T. Washington High School]] from [[1934]] to [[1944]]. In [[1941]] he was the plaintiff in a federal [[NAACP]] lawsuit against the [[Escambia County School Board]] to mandate equal pay for black teachers. Realizing the court would decide for McDaniel, the school board agreed to a settlement that would equalize salaries over a three-year period. He was dismissed from his position three years later.
McDaniel later traveled and addressed politicians (including President [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]], whom he met two days before his assassination) about [[desegregation]] and [[civil rights]] issues in education. He became a professor at Tuskegee University and in 1965 earned a doctorate in education from New York University. He then served as vice-president of Bishop College in Dallas from 1967-75.
McDaniel returned to Pensacola in [[1975]] and ran for the School Board, becoming the first African-American to be elected to the position and then the its first African-American chairman.
The school district's [[Vernon McDaniel Building]] on [[Garden Street]] was named for him on [[October 5]], [[2000]]. He passed away less than a month later, on [[November 2]], at age 93.
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[[Category:Civil rights activists|McDaniel, Vernon]] [[Category:Educators|McDaniel, Vernon]]
