Francys Johnson

The Reverend Francys Johnson was born June 10 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana. A lawyer, pastor and educator, he currently serves on the faculty of Savannah State University. Professor Johnson's course lectures on Race and the Law, Constitutional and Criminal Law. He serves as Legal Redress Director for the Georgia State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Georgia State Conference NAACP fought successfully during the 2006 Midterm elections to prevent Republican supported Voter Identification legislation from being implemented. Conservative lawmakers said it was needed to limit elections fraud. Liberal lawmakers said that argument was a smokescreen masking another intent: to maintain Republican power in the state by diluting the minority vote, which typically goes to Democrats.

The grandson of sharecroppers from Sylvania, Johnson went on to earn his law degree from the University of Georgia. Johnson has also served at his alma mater, Georgia Southern University, in Statesboro. Reverend Johnson is the ninth Pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke, Georgia.

References National Council for Black Studies annual conference, March 2005 Johnson chaired a round table discussion on "Quality Education as Civil Rights" between educationalists from Dillard University, the Algebra Project and the University of New Orleans.

National Black Law Association 2002-2003, Southern Regional Director and National Chaplain.