Biography
Augustus J. Johnson was a New York City subway motorman and an official of the Motormen's Benevolent Association, jailed in connection with the transit strike that began on December 9, 1957. His exact identity remains incompletely verified.
A contemporary Associated Press report states that FOUR association officials began serving previously suspended ten-day jail sentences after the strike started. THE ARTICLE DOES NOT NAME THE FOUR. His individual participation and his admission date are therefore probable rather than documented, and the ten-day sentence is recorded here as group evidence rather than as his own established term.
His canonical full identity, vital dates, arrest and original sentencing dates, the charge, the jail, the exact custody interval, his office in the association, the later outcome and a verified portrait are all unresolved. Cornell's Amsterdam News archive lists one print under "Johnson, A.J.", but it has not been shown to depict this man.
