Geraldine Johnson was an activist in the San Francisco Bay Area who engaged with varied and diverse issues both individually and through her participation in various organizations from the 1970s through the 1990s. She served as chairperson of the Northern California chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (an advocacy organization for African-American laborers), helped formulate and lobby for the approval of the Mission Bay project (a proposed development project meant to create an affordable community for the economically disadvantaged to live and work), coordinated the San Francisco African-American Community Economic Development Conference (a meeting to engage in discourse regarding the issue of African-American poverty), served as first vice chair of the San Francisco Housing Development Corporation (a group seeking to provide affordable housing to low-income San Francisco residents). She was a member of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and served as the executive officer of the Thursday Group (a corporation interested in battling African-American poverty through community and economic development).
From the description of Geraldine M. Johnson papers, 1973-1997 (bulk 1985-1997). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 428732131
