- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Leroy Johnson (1928-2019)
- Creator:
- Crawford, Tom
- Date of Original:
- 2008-01-25
- Subject:
- Fulton County. District Attorney Office
Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia
Civil rights workers--Georgia
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Sit-ins--Georgia--Atlanta
African American legislators--Georgia--Atlanta
Legislators--Georgia--Atlanta
African American lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Public School System
Mayors--Election
Elections--Georgia
Local elections--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Officials and employees
Government employees
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century
Atlanta (Ga.)--History--20th century
Race relations
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Political candidates--Georgia--Atlanta
Political campaigns--Georgia--Atlanta
African American politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Johnson, Leroy, 1928-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Leroy Johnson, a prominent attorney and civic leader,who in 1962 became the first African American to be elected to the Georgia General Assembly since the end of the Reconstruction era. Mr. Johnson graduated from Morehouse College and Atlanta University and earned his law degree from North Carolina Central University.He taught social science in the Atlanta school system from 1950-1954 and in 1957 became the first African American hired by the Fulton County Solicitor General's office.He also served as advisor to Atlanta's civil rights movement in the 1960s, was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta in 1973, and was active in community affairs.
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- Original Collection:
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