Johnson, Walton R.

Walton R. Johnson was born in 1938. He received his PhD in social psychology from the University of London in 1971. His areas of concentration include African political economy, South African race relations and U.S. race relations. Walton R. Johnson was a Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Africana Studies at Rutgers University. Johnson also served as an Admission Counselor as a former Dean of Livingston College. Johnson was teaching on the Livingston Campus during the spring of 1995 when reaction to Rutgers President Francis L. Lawrence's racially insensitive statement surfaced. Johnson was instrumental in the formation of the Coalition of Black and Latino Faculty and Staff, which was a direct response to the situation. He also gathered and saved newspaper articles that were published almost daily on the state of affairs at Rutgers that serves as an important part of the collection chronicling the events of 1995.

From the description of The Walton R. Johnson papers, 1949-2001 ; 1995-1999 (bulk). (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 230724238

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