CEPHUS “UNCLE BOBBY” JOHNSON

Cephus “Uncle Bobby X” Johnson, attended San Francisco State University as a undergraduate studying Ethic Studies and Black Studies. He is presently a Computer System Engineer in Silicon Valley, California. Cephus is a US military veteran.
Uncle Bobby X, is a social justice activist at the forefront of ending police violence in America. After his nephew, Oscar Grant was murdered by a Bart police officer in 2009, Cephus has founded four grassroots social justice organizations. Presently, Co-Founder and CEO of Love Not Blood Campaign, the Oscar Grant Foundation, California Families United 4 Justice, and the National Families United 4 Justice Network- a growing nationwide collective of 600 families impacted by police violence.
Cephus has received many prestigious awards for his social justice police accountability work. In 2019, Cephus received The Black Panther Party Community Award; Oakland City Council Commendation Award;  Oakland City Council Resolution for innovation Social Justice Award; Frontline Warriors Keepers Award; In 2018, The Dick Gregory Award; In 2017, Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) Award, In 2016, The Fannie Lou Hamer Award; In 2015, The Hero of Forgiveness Award; In 2015, The Henry Moskowitz Award; and The Kwame Ture Black Star of Labor Award; In 2014, The Black Organizing Project Award; and, The Martin Luther King Jr Gene Young Award,  and many others.
He has served as a leading expert on the creation of the National Impacted Families Movement of Police Accountability work. Cephus has appeared on Katie Couric’s “Race in America,” MSNBC’s “Caught on Tape”; and many others. He presents workshops on Know your Rights; Mobile Justice, and Family Response Teams.
Cephus has presented on these topics, and others, at The Left Forum conference, US Human Rights Conference, The Netroots Nation Conference, The ACLU Conference, The Free Mind Free People Conference, The National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), The Congressional Black Caucus Conference, Teachers for Social Justice Conference, and The National Black Bar Association Conference. He has also spoken at universities, high schools, and community events, and served as the West Coast Organizer of the United Nation Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent visiting the United States at Merritt College, Oakland 2016.
Known as the “People’s Uncle,” Cephus is a much-beloved presence and invaluable resource for families suffering from police violence around the globe. Currently the Love Not Blood Campaign, through its Families United For4 Justice Campaign, has a network membership of over 600 impacted families nationally. He considers ending police violence and supporting families who have been impacted by police his life’s work.

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