Whereas Judge Johnson served bravely in the armed forces during World War II before pursuing a legal career; Whereas Judge Johnson served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama; Whereas in each capacity he courageously worked to advance the constitutional principles of freedom and equality; Whereas in 1956, in his decision in Browder v. Gayle, Judge Johnson struck down the Alabama bus segregation laws, assisting the leaders of the civil rights movement engaged in the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Whereas in 1961, in his decision in Gomillion v. Lightfoot, Judge Johnson invalidated as a violation of the 15th amendment an electoral plan setting the boundaries for the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, that systematically excluded Black voters; Whereas in 1961, in his decision in U.S. v. Alabama, Judge Johnson ordered that African-American registration be evaluated as equally as the least qualified White applicant approved for the voting rolls; Whereas in 1961, in his decision in Lewis v. Greyhound, Judge Johnson ordered the desegregation of the bus facilities in the city of Montgomery, Alabama; Whereas in 1961, in his decision in U.S. v. City of Montgomery, Judge Johnson required the city of Montgomery, Alabama, to surrender its voting registration records to the Department of Justice so that they could determine African-American voter registration; Whereas in 1962, in his decision in Sim v. Frink, Judge Johnson required the State of Alabama to reapportion State legislative districts to abide by the one man, one vote principle; Whereas in 1963, in his decision in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education, Judge Johnson ordered the desegregation of public schools in Alabama, the first statewide desegregation order of public schools in the Nation