Marva Johnson’s introduction to Florida A&M University constituencies was an experience that would have driven most presidential candidates from the process. However, the other three in contention were not met with the hostility and disdain that Johnson underwent. The credentialed, affable FAMU COO, Donald Palm, Ph.D., was the overwhelming favorite of the students, alumni, faculty, and the community. Thirteen of 15 selection committee members voted for Palm. However, despite the selection committee vote and the FAMUly support, 8 of the 12 Board of Trustees members voted for Johnson. Many FAMUans felt the fix was in with who they called “The Hateful 8” trustees. Thus, Johnson’s eerily calm demeanor throughout the grueling public interviews was with complete confidence in the outcome.
Marva Johnson’s accession to the presidency of the nation’s number one public Historically Black University is courtesy of a strategy dating back to slavery. Using Blacks to subjugate their own people on behalf of the oppressor is part of an old scheme. Today, it is complete capitulation to MAGA. So now Black MAGA has emerged, hard at work dismantling a vital higher education icon, threatening the institution irreparably. The unique educational culture of FAMU has produced tens of thousands of success stories and is foundational in launching careers and a good quality of life. But it is in jeopardy.
Attorney Johnson is trying hard to quell fears by engaging in behind-the-scenes negotiations, offering job security, protecting programs from takeover, and assurances that she is not “a Trojan Horse.” It all rings hollow. She is tied to the people who have harmed Black Floridians for over a decade…