The Lemuel A. Johnson Center (formerly the Lemuel A. Johnson Library) was renamed in honor of the late Lemuel Johnson, former director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and a much loved and respected professor in CAAS and the English Department. Located in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Lemuel Johnson Center (LJC) fosters educational programming in the creative arts—poetry, visual arts, music and film—which fosters cross cultural discussions framed by African-American thought. In addition, the LJC hosts community engagement and service learning projects that aim to connect our department with local and global communities. The Center maintains a specialized collection of books and journals in the poetic, visual, and architectural arts for the use of scholars and artists from the U-M campus and beyond.
