Umar Johnson

[4][10] In 2011, he was featured on The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent, directed by Tariq Nasheed.

"[1] In June 2014, Johnson said he would raise US$5 million to buy the former campus of Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia, which had closed down in 2013 due to financial struggles, and rename it to Frederick Douglass Marcus Garvey Academy, which he said would be a boarding school for Black boys.

[16] Charing Ball, writing in the online magazine MadameNoire, discouraged donations for the project, citing Johnson's "homophobic and misogynistic" commentary in YouTube videos.

[17] In 2015, he opened a GoFundMe to raise money to "acquire and rehabilitate" either the former Saint Paul's or Chamberlain-Hunt Academy in Port Gibson, Mississippi.

[9] In April 2017, Johnson founded the National Independent Black Parent Association in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

[21] He has denounced various Black public figures, including actor Jonathan Majors (for dating a white woman), college football coach Deion Sanders (for leaving the historically black Jackson State to coach at Colorado), and Oprah Winfrey (for being identified with feminism and LGBT rights).

[22] In a 2021 speech at Lehigh University, Johnson criticized former President Barack Obama, claiming that his administration "gave my civil rights over to the LGBTQ, ... the feminist movement, ... the Mexicans.

"[2] In various speeches, Johnson also criticized President Joe Biden, contending that he had not done enough to protect Black people from police violence.

[2] In January 2020, after the death of Kobe Bryant, Johnson suggested that the helicopter was sabotaged as part of an assassination attempt ordered by the NBA and the pharmaceutical industry.

"[9] In December 2017, Johnson was ordered to attend a hearing before the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology the following month.

"[41] Anwar Curtis, an opinion contributor to PennLive, defended Johnson, describing him in a 2017 op-ed as a "noted conservative and Afro-centric thinker" and "dedicated ... vessel for his people.

Johnson (left) in 2015