Kim Johnson--This is My America

Kim Johnson, author This is My America, is interviewed by Robert Justice.

Kim held leadership positions in social justice organizations as a teen and in college. She’s now a college administrator who maintains civic engagement throughout the community while also mentoring Black student activists and leaders. She is also the graduate advisor and member of an historically Black sorority. This Is My America is her debut novel and explores racial injustice against innocent Black men who are criminally sentenced and the families left behind to pick up the pieces. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Maryland, College Park.

Links

• Kim Johnson’s Website & Books

• Read her essay “We Are Done Dying—Why Generational Black Trauma Must End Now”

• CrimeWritersofColor.com

• Robert Justice’s Website