The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana studies professor and lawyer Robert C. Johnson was born in Summit, Tennessee near Chattanooga on May 13, 1948. He moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts at age thirteen. Johnson earned his B.A. degree in political science from Bowdoin College in 1971, his M.A. degree in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Johnson, Robert, Jr (Interviewee)
Hayden, Robert C. (Interviewer)
Burghelea, Neculai (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Johnson, Robert, > Jr. > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Playwright > Africana Studies Professor > Lawyer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 38 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Robert C. Johnson, Jr.
Robert C. Johnson, Jr.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Playwright, Africana studies professor and lawyer Robert C. Johnson was born in Summit, Tennessee near Chattanooga on May 13, 1948. He moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts at age thirteen. Johnson earned his B.A. degree in political science from Bowdoin College in 1971, his M.A. degree in Africana Studies from Cornell University in 1975. He earned his J.D. degree from Cornell Law School in 1977. Johnson was an affirmative action officer for the Massachusetts Regional Board of Community Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Boston between 1977 and 1982. Johnson left the University of Massachusetts Boston to practice law full time until 1992, when he had a heart attack. He became a professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1993. Johnson was a published author and playwright, with works including Why Blacks Left America for Africa: Interviews with Black Expatriates, 1971-1999 and Stop and Frisk.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:38:37
Credits:Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Participant or Performer:
Robert Hayden, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Cambridge, Massachusetts 2006 April 7.
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