Every Tuesday the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign organization will highlight a HBCU Chancellor or President. This is in promotion of our social media campaign to bring awareness and support the excellence of historically black colleges and universities.

This Tuesday (4/7/15), we highlighted Dr. Brian L. Johnson, (pictured on the right), President of Tuskegee University.

Dr. Brain L. Johnson is the seventh President of Tuskegee University. He has held administrative and academic positions such as: Vice President for Strategic Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief of Staff, Director, Coordinator and Associate and Assistant Professor of English. He received a Ph.D in 17th-19th Century American Literature at the University of South Carolina at Columbia (2003), a M.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998) and a B.A. in English from Johnson C. Smith University (1995).

Dr. Johnson is also the editor and author of (7) academic and scholarly books: (2) books on William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois: Toward Agnosticism (2008) and Du Bois on Reform: Periodical-based Leadership for African Americans (2005); co-editor of (4) on American History in the conflicts in American History Series (2010) -- Volume 3: Civil War, Volume 4: Reconstruction, Volume 7: The Long Civil Rights Movement and Volume 8: Towards the Next American Century; author of (1) institutional history of a historically black college and university - his alma mater, Johnson C. Smith University - titled, The Yancy Years: the Age of Infrastructure, Technology and Restoration (2008).

Dr. Johnson is married to Shemeka Barnes Johnson, and they have two sons. He also serves on the Greenville College (Illinois) Board of Trustees.

President Johnson is featured in the 2015 HBCU Campaign HBCU Featured Desk Calendar. You can purchase a copy by going to our store.

For more information about Tuskegee, visit www.tuskegee.edu.