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Alma mater. Morehouse College. Clark Atlanta University. Occupation. Teacher, lawyer. Leroy Reginald Johnson (July 28, 1928 – October 24, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1975 after winning a seat in the 1962 Georgia General Assembly election.
25. Jan. 2008 · Leroy Johnson, a prominent attorney, was an advisor to Atlanta ’s civil rights movement in the 1960s. In 1962 he won a state senate seat, becoming the first African American to be elected to the Georgia General Assembly since the end of the Reconstruction era.
25. Okt. 2019 · Leroy R. Johnson, a prominent Georgia politician who in 1962 became the first black candidate elected to that state’s Senate since Reconstruction, died on Oct. 24 in Atlanta. He was 91....
24. Okt. 2019 · Former state Sen. Leroy Johnson, the first African American elected to Georgia’s upper chamber since Reconstruction, has died. He was 91. Johnson, an attorney and former teacher, was...
Terms of Use. Leroy Johnson desegregated the Georgia General Assembly when he won his seat in 1962 and went on to become one of Georgia's most powerful state senators. During his tenure, Johnson revised the literacy test for voting rights, making voting more accessible to all citizens of Georgia.
25. Okt. 2019 · Leroy Johnson, the first black Georgia state senator to be elected after Reconstruction post-Civil War, has died at 91. The news of his death was first reported earlier this week by the Atlanta ...
24. Okt. 2019 · ATLANTA - The first African-American to become elected to the Georgia State Senator since reconstruction, Leroy Johnson died, Morehouse College confirmed Thursday. Johnson was elected to...
