full name - Charles Richard Johnson
born - April 23, 1948 Evanston, Illinois
father - Benjamin Lee Johnson
mother - Ruby Elizabeth Jackson
married - Joan New (an elementary school teacher) June 1970
children - Malik, Elizabeth
B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1971
M.A., Southern Illinois University, 1973
1988 Ph.D. in phenomenology and literary aesthetics, State University of New York at Stonybrook
Professor of English, University of Washington 1976 to present
co-director of Blue Phoenix Kung Fu Club, Choy Li Fat Kajukempo
Charles Richard Johnson home page
Charles Richard Johnson University of Washington home page
Charles Richard Johnson at AALBC African American Literature Book Club
Charles Johnson Award for Fiction and Poetry