Johnson / As an Author
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Interviewer: What would your books be about? You said you have about three good books you feel like? Johnson: I guess, basically, socioeconomic and history. Of course, from that, some projections for the future in it. Basically, I think we have to change attitudes about certain things. We rely too much on symbolism which is fakery. Fantasy, I think, at all levels. For me, the consequence of that is, you all (inaudible) here in a deep hole and I think this is national because I’ve always thought America should be a world leadership. When I see what is happening here, I’m saying “Hey, this needs to change” but I don’t know that I’ll live long enough to even see because I think the direction is toward destruction more so than anything else.
| Interview | Interview with James E. Johnson |
| Subjects | Work › Occupations |
| Historic Events | |
| Historic Periods › 2009-Present | |
| Class and Status | |
| Class and Status › Intra-racial/ethnic Cross-class Collaboration | |
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| Interview date | 2015-07-21 |
| Interview source | CRBB Summer 2015 |
| Interviewees | Johnson, James E. |
| Interviewers | Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés |
| Bynum, Katherine | |
| Locations | Prairie View, TX |
| Duration | 00:01:37 |
| Citation | "As an Author ," from James E. Johnson oral history interview with Moisés Acuña-Gurrola and Katherine Bynum, July 21, 2015, Prairie View, TX , Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/727/as-an-author, accessed November 07, 2025 |
