Notable Southern Californians in Black History

Robert Lee Johnson lectures on the subject of local history at colleges, universities and museums in Southern California. Mr. Johnson is a member of the History Council and a past chairman of the Projects Committee at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Exposition Park. He is a founding member of the Compton 125 Historical Society and has been recently featured in the documentaries The Streets of Compton and Fire on the Hill. Mr. Johnson is the author of Compton with Arcadia Publishing. He was formerly a leading member of the Compton branch of the Black Panther Party and a founding member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse (CAPA) in the 1970s.