Academic and Legal Career
Johnson served on the faculty of Savannah State University and Georgia Southern University. Professor Johnson has lectured on race and the law, constitutional and criminal law.
In March 2005, he chaired a roundtable discussion at the National Council for Black Studies annual conference. Educators from Dillard University, the Algebra Project, and the University of New Orleans discussed "Quality Education as Civil Rights." He has a private law practice in Statesboro, Georgia.
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