Birth Name:

Roland Johnson

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Sep 14, 1945

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

79

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

21°

Vir

28'

About Roland Johnson

Roland Johnson (1945 – 1994) was an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and one of the founders of Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE). He spent 13 years institutionalized at Pennhurst State School and Hospital, until he was released in 1971 following the civil rights case, Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Who's in Control?", keynote speech by Roland Johnson at the third international People First Conference, 14 June 1993.

• i go home, a documentary about former residents and the closure of Pennhurst; includes a segment on Johnson.

• Finding Aid for the Speaking for Ourselves Papers held at the Pennsylvania History Coalition Honoring People with Disability (PHCHPD).

• Visionary Voices, a collection of oral history interviews with leaders of Pennsylvania's intellectual disability rights movement at Temple University, Institute on Disabilities.

• Roland Johnson's panel is in block number 03798 of the NAMES Project, AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Roland Johnson

Astrological portrait of Roland Johnson

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Roland Johnson: Sun 21 Virgo, Moon 20 Sagittarius, Mercury 6 Virgo, Venus 17 Leo, Mars 3 Cancer, Jupiter 4 Libra, Saturn 22 Cancer, Uranus 17 Gemini, Neptune 5 Libra, Pluto 11 Leo, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Sextile Saturn, Mercury Sextile Mars, Mercury Semi Square Saturn, Mercury Semi Sextile Neptune, Venus Semi Square Mars, Venus Semi Square Jupiter, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Square Jupiter, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Conjunct Neptune

Categories related to Roland Johnson: September 14 births, 1994 deaths, American people with disabilities, Disability rights activists from the United States, 1945 births, People with HIV/AIDS, 20th-century African-American activists, Deinstitutionalization in the United States

Photo attribution: Official White House Photograph, Official White House Photograph, courtesy of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Texas