Norris Chrisleventon "Buzz" Johnson, generally known as Buzz Johnson, was a Tobago-born publisher and activist who in the 1970s relocated to England, UK.
11 Facts About Buzz Johnson
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Buzz Johnson's other campaigning work included support for the anti-apartheid movement and for progressive politics in Grenada and Saint Vincent.
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Norris Buzz Johnson was born in the small fishing village of Buccoo on the island of Tobago in 1951.
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Buzz Johnson was educated in Trinidad, attending San Fernando Government Secondary School and then technical college in Point Fortin.
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Buzz Johnson subsequently worked with Alcoa in north Trinidad and with the Neal and Massey group, which manufactured cars.
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Buzz Johnson won a scholarship to continue his studies as a mechanical engineer in Britain, where he migrated in 1971, living in London variously in Stoke Newington, Clapton and Homerton.
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Buzz Johnson studied at Middlesex Polytechnic and gained a master's degree at City of London Polytechnic, subsequently becoming a student at the London School of Printing.
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Buzz Johnson continued his concern with the struggles of Black people in Britain and elsewhere, as Chris Searle has written:.
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Buzz Johnson worked closely with such organisations as Caribbean Labour Solidarity, Liberation, and the Institute of Race Relations and was involved with the setting up of the Claudia Jones Organisation of Stoke Newington, founded in 1982 to provide support for women and families of African-Caribbean heritage, Hackney Black People's Association, supplementary schools and community advice centres.
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Buzz Johnson was an original member of the award-winning Ebony Steel Band in London.
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In September 2014, Buzz Johnson was posthumously given the Adiaha Antigha Lifetime Achievement Award by Hackney Council for Voluntary Service in tribute to his work as a "community champion".