The historic tennis courts at the home of Dr. Robert 'Whirlwind' Johnson was featured for local Lynchburg, VA youth sports players as one of the activities to choose from for their, Give Good Day of Serving this November. Many thanks to the local sports community...
Dr. Robert Johnson has been featured on C-SPAN's teacher aid site in the Bellringer section. See the preamble and sample questions below: In addition to being a physician in the community, Dr. Robert Johnson hosted a tennis camp at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia, starting in...
Jolynn Johnson Smith never thought it would have taken quite so long to start restoring her grandfather’s home. Renovating the home at 1422 Pierce St. was the goal of the Whirlwind Johnson Foundation since it began in 2015. Seeing the project come to fruition is bittersweet...
A foundation in Lynchburg is working to restore a home to honor a historic Black figure in the community. Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson broke barriers as the first African American physician to practice at Lynchburg General Hospital. “He was my personal doctor,” said Elmer Reid Jr....
LYNCHBURG, Va. – A historic tennis court in Lynchburg has reopened. It's where African-American tennis legends Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe spent time practicing the sport. Some people in attendance at Friday's ribbon-cutting were former students of Dr. Robert "Whirlwind" Johnson, the instructor who taught Gibson and Ashe how...
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- The tennis court of a pioneer coach in Lynchburg is nearly fully restored. Dr. Robert Walter Johnson built the tennis courts originally in 1941 because he felt not enough-African Americans were involved in the sport. He trained professionals and those who still...