The Interview of Ronnishia Johnson by Joseph Adams

For my Oral History Project, I interviewed my good friend Ronnishia Johnson. Ronnishia is an African American woman born and raised in the Bay Area. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Texas Southern University and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work from San Francisco State University. For many years Ronnishia has fought for the basic human rights for African Americans and people of color. During the interview with Ronnishia, we discussed a variety of different topics of her life as well as topics that affect everyone in today’s society. Ronnishia goes into detail about her cultural and historical upbringing. Currently society is experiencing a paradigm shift and I believe that Ronnishia and many others are on the forefront of that shift.

Table of Content

Intro

Part 1: Who Are you?

Part 2: What are your origins?

Part 3: How have your origins shaped who you are?

Part 4: Why do you feel your work with people of color is important?

Part 5: How does it feel to be an African American female?

Part 6: Why do you fight for social justice?

Part 7: How does it feel to be an African American female?

Part 8: Do you think your efforts will make a difference?

Part 9: What would you say to young people of color to help them move forward?

Intro

Part 1

Part 1: This is the basic information about Ronnishia. Name, age, where she is from and what does she do?

Part 2

Part 2: This part talks about Ronnishia’s origins and the origins of African Americans in American and the Bay Area.

Part 3

Part 3: This part explores how Ronnishia is shaped by what happen from her origins.

Part 4

Part 4: Ronnishia talks about the history of oppression for African Americans and how her work with African American is important.

Part 5

Part 5: Ronnishia talks about how it feel to an African American female in America. She talks about how important the African American woman is to society and how they are sometimes they are overlooked.

Part 6