Will Johnson
Will Johnson
impact environment academic
Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment.
people trying topics
Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
perspective discipline people
It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.
song thinking people
I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't understand how people think they can bring anybody together without a song.
process force establishing-relationships
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.
jobs community african-american
The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.
justice lines facts
Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!
school rights culture
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.
teacher white black
So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.
rights people focus
I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience
school festivals graduates
I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.
voice jail movement
The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life.
voice devil complaining
Complaining proves nothing but that you can hear the voice of the Devil
christian religious church
Any revelation from God's Word that does not lead us to an encounter with God only serves to make us more religious. The Church cannot afford 'form without power,' for it creates Christians without purpose.