Johnsoii’s Proud Of His Achievements
h Judicial Svsten
By Lori Urler
Pest Staff Writer
“It gives the nation the
opportunity to specifically
recognize, honor and ap
preciate the pest accom
'pZfifimSB'"oM>lack Ame
ricans, and it hopefully
serves to inspire the aet- _
ting and achieving of. “
higher goals," are the rea
8ona Black History Month
is important to Judgp
Clifton JoBddn:
Johnson. 42, originally
from Williamston, N.C.,
came'to Mecklenburg
County as an Assistant Pro
secutor in January, 1MB.
He was appointed District
Court Judge fin August,
IBM; Chief District Court .
Judge in Mecklenburg
County in 1974-77, Novem
ber; Superior Court Judge
in December, 1977 and
North 'Chntthk Chart of
Appeals Judge in MU
The professional
achievements he is proud
of are the accomplish
ments he has made in the
judicial system.
He knows that there are
■tore Hecks in the judicial
system today compared to
r~m .. --
Clifton-Johnson
.Court of Appeals Judge
» years ago. ‘They are
doing an excellent Job,
meeting the challenge and
continue to meet the chal
lenge with an tnrirrilmt
performance,” he com
rl
mated.
The sod of Charlie and
Willie Ann Johnson h»«
three brothers- Charles,
Kenneth and Harry- and
three sisters- Mrs. Mary
Ann Wiggins, Mrs. Sylvia
Blount and HnT Geneva ~
Finch. He and his wife,
Brenda, are the parentsofC
four-Yulonda, 19; Clifton,
II, 13; Khiva, nine and
Clinton, four. He is a 1961
graduate of E. J. Hayes
~High School, 1964 graduate
of North Carolina Central
-University where-he re
ceived a B.A. degree in
History and a 1967 grad
uate of North Carolina Cen
tral Law School where he
received an l,.L.B. degree.
Judge Clifton Johnson is a
life member of the NAACP
and North Carolina Central
Alumni; North Carolina
Courts Commission; North
Carolina Bar Association;
North Carolina State Bar
Association; North Caro
lina Association of Black
Lawyers; Rotary Inter
national and Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity.
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