John Johnson discusses past NAACP Director Kweisi Mfume and his determination to get young people involved in the cause.
John Johnson was born in Franklin, Kentucky and is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. He served for twenty years as an official of the NAACP at their national headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.
This interview took place on June 18, 2013 as part of the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and University of Kentucky Libraries.
John Johnson talks about having a KY Derby float recognizing black jockeys.
John Johnson was born in Franklin, Kentucky and is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. He se
John Johnson speaks about the assassination of Emmett Till and its effect on the civil rights movement.
John Johnson was born in Franklin, Kentucky and is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commi
John Johnson talks about W. H. Story and the discrimination he faced while working in the school system during integration.
John Johnson was born in Franklin, Kentucky and is the Executive Director o
