Ollie A. Johnson III

Ollie Johnson received his B.A. in Afro-American Studies and International Relations and a M.A. in Brazilian Studies from Brown University. He later earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. His first book, Brazilian Party Politics and the Coup of 1964, was published in 2001. He co-edited Black Political Organizations in the Post-Civil Rights Era in 2002. Professor Johnson has conducted research on the Black Panther Party, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and other Black political groups in the United States. He has also lectured on African American politics in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Japan. His current research focuses on Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Latin American politics.

Ollie A. Johnson III , Assistant Professor  - Email: Ojohnson@wayne.edu