Oral history, 1986.

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Oral history, 1986.

This collection consists of one bound volume and two typescripts transcribed from the included sound tape of an oral history interview with Johnson. The interview was conducted by Alan Cherry on 20 January 1986 for the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University, as part of the LDS Afro-American Oral History Project.

1 v. (27 leaves) + 2 typescripts (95 leaves).1 sound tape reel (124 min.) : 1 7/8 ips ; 5 in., 1/2 in. tape.

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Cherry, Alan Gerald

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Johnson, James P.

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James P. Johnson was born in Yankton, South Dakota, on June 2, 1930. He grew up in Muleshoe and Lubbock, Texas. He left Texas to attend Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, graduating in 1952. That same year he went into the Marine Corps. As a jet pilot, he served a ten-month tour of combat duty in Korea. Discharged from the Marines in 1956, he moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado Law School. He later was a prosecuting attorney in the 8th Judicial District and a munic...