Francys Johnson

Francys Johnson (born June 10, 1979) is an American civil rights attorney, pastor and educator. He is in private practice as an attorney in Statesboro, Georgia. He has lectured on constitutional and criminal law, civil rights and race and politics at Savannah State University and Georgia Southern University. Long active in the NAACP in Georgia, in 2006 he was appointed as Southeast Region Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). After the national organization restructured and closed the regional offices, he served as executive director of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP. On October 5, 2013, he was described as the civil rights organization's youngest President at the 71st Civil Rights Convention in Columbus, Georgia. Johnson is the Convener of Moral Monday Georgia Movement, a multi-issue, multiracial, nonpartisan coalition of organizations aimed at restoring positive morality to public discourse, policy, and politics. Early life and education Johnson was born in Sylvania, Georgia, where he attended public schools. Johnson earned an undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University, a J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a post-doctoral certification in dispute resolution and mediation from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was elected to membership in the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Academic and legal career Johnson served on the faculty of Savannah State University and Georgia Southern University. Professor Johnson has lectured on American Government, Race and the Law, Constitutional and Criminal law.