C. Vernon Mason was born in Tucker, Arkansas. He was a lawyer who was disbarred following his involvement in the Tawana Brawley hoax. A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... Tawana Brawley at a press conference in 1987 Tawana Brawley (born 1972) is an African-American woman who, at the age of 15, received national media attention in the US for her claim that she was raped by six white men, some of them police officers, in the village of...

Tawana Brawley case

Mason, Alton H. Maddox and the Reverend Al Sharpton were successfully sued over the matter and ordered to pay damages to Steven Pagones, the assistant district attorney he defamed. Alton H. Maddox is a lawyer who was disbarred following his involvement in the Tawana Brawley alleged hoax. ... Alfred Charles Al Sharpton Jr. ... Steven Pagones was an Assistant District Attorney in New York who was falsely accused in 1987 by Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton of raping Brawley. ...

Education

He graduated from Morehouse College and earned a Master's in Business Administration from Indiana University. He then graduated from Columbia Law School earning a Juris Doctor and then earned a Master of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary. Morehouse College is a private, all-male, historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ... Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... Doctor of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Juris Doctor (abbreviated J.D. or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a professional degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ... The New York Theological Seminary was established as a non-denominational institution in 1900 with the founding of the Bible Teachers’ College in Montclair, New Jersey by Wilbert Webster White. ...

Christian Ministry

The former attorney, is now known as Rev. C. Vernon Mason. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for the Uth Turn initiative, which provides mentoring, leadership training, educational and job preparation, employment and social services referrals, counseling and substance support to at risk youth.

External links

• The grand jury report on the Brawley case
• A CNN story on the Pagones suit
• Pagones v. Maddox, et al. — Decision of the Supreme Court of New York, County of Duchess.