| Summary: | Professor and genealogist Willard Johnson was born on November 22, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. Johnson's family moved to Pasadena, California in 1946. After graduating from Muir High School in Pasadena, he received his B.A. degree in international relations from University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), his M.A. degree in African studies with distinction from Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. In 1964, he was appointed assistant professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1972, Johnson directed the Africa Policy Task Force for the George McGovern for President Committee. During the 1970s, he served on the Democratic Party Advisory Council's Foreign Affairs Study Group. In 1991, Johnson founded the Kansas Institute for African American and Native American Family History (KIAAMAFH) to promote preservation, documentation and appreciation of family identity of African American and Native American communities of the Midwest.
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