PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: James W. Pennebaker, Narration, Nathan Zuckerman
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Johnson was a police officer and wanted to be a sergeant but did not want to take a promotional exam because no black man had ever been given the position before. He was martin luther king jr"s body guard while he was in a small area in the u. s. Mlk jr told him to keep faith and never give up and this stuck with him. Jerome johnson took the exam and was promoted, he then worked his way up to be the first. African american police chief in that midwestern town. He also spends lots of time with his family , wants to write a book and spend lots of time with back youth into the community. The situation changes as he has a turning point after talking to mlk jr. Johnson talked about how he was born during the great depression, he called himself a depression baby.
