Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D.

Juris Doctor, Teacher, Civil Rights Advocate, Son of MLK’s Attorney, Former Lawyer, and Founder of - Remove Tax-Paid Confederate Tributes.

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

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[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

@FreddieandHD wide receiver and cornerback? Have you heard of my track teammate from FSU Deion Sanders?

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

“Over-educated, under-loved white women are this nation’s true pandemic.” https://t.co/bA1stUIIti 
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) April 19, 2025

MAGA is only beginning with the blacks, gays, and immigrants. Looks like you’re next.

#Takeitdown #Resist

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

KORNACKI: "We see this - white women with a college degree. The only group of white voters that is on the left... do you want to continue DEI programs or do you think they should be ended? White men, no degree? End it. White men with a degree? End it, they say. White women no degree - end it, they say. White women with a college degree? Completely different. By a nearly 40 point margin they say to continue DEI."

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

@TakeEmDownCVL Come Down to the Confederate Appeal Rally in Jax, June 6, 9am, federal courthouse!

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

@HenryLouisGates Happy Birthday Dr. Gates! 20 years ago, it was my great honor to be seated next to you during a PBS event in Jacksonville where you were the keynote speaker. That conversation about pre-Jim Crow integration was fascinating.

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@IrishUnity

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@NateMonroeTU The hearing involves potential immunity-derived testimony not meant for the jurors’ ears - it may be later ruled admissible. Judge doesn’t want media reporting on the restricted testimony. Pretty common.

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

@AfricanArchives At that time, my father was representing MLK, Ambassador Young, and Rev. Abernathy in state and federal courts. Much of the strategizing happened at my parents’ house in Jacksonville. This infamous photo was published in Life Magazine and is now located at the Smithsonian.

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Justice Jackson challenges the Confederate insurrection argument. Trump attorney retreats to position that Jan. 6 was not an insurrection. #TakeItDown #SCOTUS https://t.co/Edklp2KfHe

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Within minutes Trump lawyer relies on Confederates in argument to SCOTUS. He’s being peppered by conservatives and liberals. The Court sounds skeptical. #SCOTUS #TakeItDown https://t.co/Edklp2KfHe

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Breaking: Trump attorney argues that Confederates were elected to Congress after the Civil War, notwithstanding the 14th Amendment. Justices Kagan and Sotomayor sound skeptical that this helpful to avoiding disqualification. https://t.co/Edklp2KNwM #TakeItDown

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Super-moonrise last night in Florida … looks like a sunrise. Wow. #SuperMoon

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Tracks well with his adamant support for Confederate tributes on public land. And let’s not forget the latest middle school history books in Florida have removed the fact that Rosa Parks was Black. Is anyone woke to what’s happening?#TakeItDown

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Holy shit. Ron DeSantis defends Florida’s new history curriculum standards teaching that slaves learned skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit” — He says it’s “rooted in whatever is factual”... some slaves learned how to be “a blacksmith.

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Congratulations Mark!

[Toni Woods @toniwwoods]

Congratulations @TUmarkwoods! I get to watch how much thought you put into every column you write, and us readers are better for it. Florida Society of News Editors First Place - Columns

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

Today I filed a notice of appeal to the 11th Circuit of the district court’s ruling that tax funding for Confederate tributes does not violate federal law. Part of my argument is that Civil Rights Act accommodations outlaws tributes to white supremacy in those places. #TakeItDown

[Earl M. Johnson Jr., J.D. @earl_jr]

@StevePatTU @jaxdotcom “I have not yet begun to fight.” J.P. Jones, 1779. I am filing a notice of appeal this week to the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. The anti-discrimination public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must outlaw tributes to white supremacy on public land. #TakeItDown

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IRS chief says Black taxpayers 3-5 more likely than ANY other racial group to be targeted with audit. Hmmm, still debating whether systemic and structural racism is real?

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@MelissainJax Wow @DonnaDeegan is speaking truth! We have been a city of cronyism far too long.