Bishop Joseph Johnson History Project

06/21/2023

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06/20/2023

Bishop Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. was born on this day, June 19, 1914.

June 19, 2020May 9, 2023 by Cynthia Johnson-Oliver Born on Juneteenth The man who wrote “Jesus, the Liberator” was born on a day of liberation. Bishop Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. was born on this day, June 19, 1914. As his biographer (who also happens to be his granddaughter) the task falls to m.....

06/19/2023

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018  by Cynthia Johnson-Oliver Remembering the Johnson Men on Father’s Day I am told that Aunt Elsie once said of those Johnsons, “they don’t know when to stop going to school and they don’t know when to stop buying clothes.” The Johnson men were handsome, educated,...

05/30/2023

Posting this again on Memorial Day. Thank you for your service.

November 16, 2015November 17, 2015  by Cynthia Johnson-Oliver U. S. Colored Troops: The First Freedom Fighters On a brisk October morning, I gathered my husband and two daughters for a trip to nearby Washington, DC. It was unseasonably cool and uncomfortably close to nap time for my younger daughte...

12/28/2022

Hope you're having a Happy Kwanzaa!

Learn more about the seven principles...

There are Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba, that help us to continue building and maintaining unified and empowered communities.

07/11/2022

Our website is back online! We were down earlier due to technical difficulties, which have since been resolved. Visit today to learn more about the Bishop Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. History Project. Be sure to visit the bookstore while there! https://bishopjosephjohnson.org/

05/30/2022

“One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed African Americans. At the close of the Civil War, people recently freed from slavery in Charleston honored fallen Union soldiers.”

At the close of the Civil War, people recently freed from enslavement in Charleston honored fallen Union soldiers.

05/28/2022

The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865