Kathryn Johnson

Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (December 15, 1878 – November 13, 1954) was an American political activist who began working as a teacher before becoming one of the first members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. After the organization sent Johnson to France to observe during World War I, Johnson published a book about her findings called, Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces. The rest of Johnson's life was dedicated to spreading African American activism across the states through book selling to help in the campaign for civil rights.

Early life Kathryn Magnolia Johnson was born on December 15, 1878, in Darke County, Ohio, at the Greenville Settlement, also known as Longtown. Johnson also studied at the University of North Dakota in 1908. As a branch organizer in the association, she was also responsible for helping dozens of branches of the association throughout the south.

However, Johnson began to criticize that the NAACP failed to have any colored people as leaders so Johnson left the association in 1916.

During her old age, Kathryn Magnolia Johnson lived in Ezella Mathias Carter Home for Colored Working Women in Chicago. Johnson died on November 13, 1954.