Gregory Lee Johnson Civil Rights Movement

During the 1984 National Convention of the Republican Party in Dallas, Texas, President Ronald Reagan and President George H. W Bush ran for reelection. The convention held August 20 to August 23, 1984. Outside the Republican National Convention, Gregory Lee Johnson lit fire to an American Flag. Gregory Lee Johnson was protesting with the,” Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade”. Gregory Lee Johnson along with approximately one hundred more protested and vandalized property and buildings at the Republican National Convention because he and the other protesters did not agree with the policies of the Ronald Reagan Administration, also known as Reaganomics.

Gregory Lee Johnson was born on January 1st, 1956. In Richmond, Indiana. Gregory Johnson's father spent majority of his childhood in jail. So gregory went without a father figure for a while. Gregory Lee Johnson’s mother was a big supporter of the American Civil Rights
Gregory Lee Johnson’s act of burning the American flag was not verbal communication.The United States Supreme Court ruled it as expressive conduct allowing it as the 1st amendment. In the case of Texas vs. Johnson, the United States Supreme Court leaned on Gregory Lee Johnson’s side, stating that this was an act of the first amendment under the United States Constitution. Gregory Lee Johnson’s charges and fines were dropped. The court case, Texas vs. Johnson closed on June 21, 1989. Shortly after the case of Texas vs. Johnson the United States Congress passed the, Flag Protection Act of 1989. The Flag Protection Act of 1989 rules that the government's interest in preserving the flag as a United States symbol is not more significant than the individual's First Amendment right to disrespect the American flag through expressive