Dr. Francys Johnson is a native of Sylvania, Georgia, USA. A civil rights attorney, pastor and educator, he currently serves as the NAACP Southeast Region Director. The Southeast Region is the largest region within the NAACP. (NAACP, 2007)
Prior to that appointment, Johnson served on the faculty of Savannah State University. Professor Johnson's course lectures on race and the law, constitutional and criminal law. He served as Legal Redress Director for the Georgia State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (NAACP, 2008) During his tenure, the Georgia State Conference NAACP fought successfully during the 2006 midterm elections to prevent Republican-supported voter identification legislation from being implemented. (Fears)
As regional director, Johnson led a resurgence of the NAACP's legal and political prowess in the deep South by focusing on establishing "Citizen Review Boards" to counter increasing incidents of police brutality in Georgia, Tennessee and Florida; monitor aging desegregation orders in Mississippi and Alabama; and mobilizing local and regional support to thwart regression of affirmative action as experienced in California and Michigan. After the resignation of the President and CEO Bruce S. Gordon, the NAACP announced on June 1, 2007 that the regional offices of the NAACP would close in a restructuring effort to boost the efficiency and capacity of the state conferences within the region.
Johnson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Johnson earned a law degree from the University of Georgia. Johnson has also served on the faculty of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Reverend Johnson is the ninth pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke, Georgia.
Johnson married Meca Renee Williams, Ph.D. They have two sons together, Thurgood Joshua Johnson and Frederick Douglass Caleb Johnson.
The Crisis' magazine, NOTEWORTHY, The Crisis, March 1, 2007, Anonymous
Atlanta Journal Constitution: LEGISLATURE 2007: NAACP calls Confederate bill offensive Panel OKs measure with unanimous vote, March 16, 2007, p.: D1
National Council for Black Studies annual conference, March 2005, Johnson chaired a round table discussion on "Quality Education as Civil Rights" between educators from Dillard University, the Algebra Project and the University of New Orleans.
Fears, Darryl. "Voter ID Law Is Overturned; Georgia Can No Longer Charge For Access to Nov. 8 Election." Washington Post. Friday, October 28, 2005
Savannah State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
National Black Law Association 2002-2003, Southern Regional Director and National Chaplain.