The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Joseph Johnson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Joseph Johnson

5/7/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.100

College president and university president Joseph Johnson (1934 - 2018 ) is the former president of both Grambling State University and Talladega College. Johnson retired in 1998. Johnson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 5/7/2003, in Fairburn, Georgia. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 59m 12s

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Johnson, Joseph Benjamin, 1934-

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Joseph Benjamin Johnson, the youngest of three children, was born September 16, 1934, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Lillie and Sidney. Johnson attended public school in New Orleans and went on to Grambling College to earn his B.S. in 1957. He later attended the University of Colorado at Boulder to earn an M.S. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in education in 1973. Johnson also did post-doctoral work at Harvard University.Johnson started his educational career in 1962 as a high school teacher in Shreveport, Lo...