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Elijah Johnson (other)
Elijah Johnson may refer to: * Elijah Johnson (agent) (1789–1849), American colonial agent * Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player * Elijah Johnson (singer) (born 1998), American singer * Elijah Johnson (Home and Away), a character in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' {{hndis, Johnson, Elijah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Johnson (agent)
Elijah Johnson ( 1789 – April 3, 1849) was an African American who was one of the first colonial agents of the American Colonization Society in what later became Liberia. He was probably born in New Jersey and received some limited schooling in New Jersey and New York. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and studied for the Methodist ministry. In 1835 he led a company of 120 armed volunteers from Monrovia on a punitive expedition to engage King Joe as a result of the Port Cresson massacre. His son Hilary R. W. Johnson was elected in 1884 as President of Liberia, the first to have been born in the country. Early life and children Elijah Johnson was of mixed-race ancestry and was born about 1790 probably in New York. He had two children out of wedlock, Lewis Johnson (1810 – 1838) and Charles Johnson (born 1812). He later married and had one daughter, Elizabeth (born 1818), with his wife Mary Johnson. After immigrating to the colony of Liberia in 1820, his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Johnson (basketball)
Elijah K. Johnson (born July 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas before playing professionally in Poland, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Germany and Israel. College career Johnson committed to Kansas after receiving offers from Cincinnati and Connecticut. He was a bench player his first two years and played sparingly. As a junior, he was moved into the starting lineup and contributed to the national runner-up team. He had five points, two steals, and a rebound in the final 3:12 in a win against Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. Johnson averaged 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game on the season. As a senior, Johnson averaged 9.9 points and 4.6 assists per game. Kansas went 31–6. He had a career-high 39 points against Iowa State, including an emphatic dunk in the closing seconds to lift the Jayhawks to a 108–96 overtime win. After the game, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Johnson (singer)
Elijah Rhea Johnson (born June 24, 1998) is an American singer and actor, best known as a former member of the boy band Mindless Behavior. He began his career as a child actor, portraying Young Simba in the Broadway production of ''The Lion King''. Later in his career, EJ became the lead singer of the Kidz Bop crew until 2013. EJ is also known for performance on stage many times as a child and for his singles "Meet Me on the Dance Floor". From 2019 to 2020, Johnson was a member of hip-hop collective Grouptherapy, performing mononymously as Rhea. Life and career In April 2014, Elijah was announced to be a new member of Mindless Behavior. He remained a member of the group, among Princeton and Mike River, until its disbandment in 2017. In June 2016, Mindless Behavior released their first album as the new "MB" titled #OfficialMBMusic. The album made number 100 in the Billboard Year End Chart. It was released instead of their recorded album "Recharge" due to member Ray Ray leaving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |