Andrew S. Johnson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1940s
State:Ohio
Support
Civil Rights
Andrew S. Johnson

Biography

Andrew S. Johnson was a Black student from Cincinnati who joined the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation against bus segregation. Police detained him in Durham and Chapel Hill on successive days. He received a thirty-day chain-gang sentence in the Chapel Hill case but declined to return to North Carolina to serve it. His conviction was vacated on June 17, 2022.

Cases

Charges: Refusing segregated bus seating — Durham
Arrested: Apr 12, 1947
Incarcerated: Apr 12, 1947
Released: Apr 12, 1947
Sentence: Held at the police station for approximately half an hour, then released without charge.
Charges: Violation of North Carolina bus-segregation statutes — Chapel Hill
Arrested: Apr 13, 1947
Incarcerated: Apr 13, 1947
Released: Apr 13, 1947
Sentence: Released on $50 bond after arrest. Later sentenced to thirty days on a chain gang; declined to return for sentence service in 1949.
Convicted: Yes

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