About Lubertha Johnson
Lived 1906 – 1989 (aged 82–83). Lubertha Johnson was an American nurse and activist.
Lubertha Johnson. University of Nevada, Reno Oral History Project.
Lubertha Miller Johnson (July 22, 1906, Ackerman, Mississippi – January 6, 1996, Las, Vegas, Nevada ) was an African-American nurse, civil rights campaigner and anti-poverty activist, based in Paradise Valley, Nevada. She was known as the first Black nurse in southern Nevada, and the president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP.
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Who was Lubertha Johnson?
American nurse and community activist
When was Lubertha Johnson born?
Lubertha Johnson was born in 1906 in Ackerman.
When did Lubertha Johnson die?
Lubertha Johnson died on 6 February 1989 in Las Vegas.
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Lubertha Johnson was a nurse and activist.
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Lubertha Johnson was American.
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