Weblonnie johnson was born in mobile, alabama on october 6, 1949. Johnson, along with his five siblings, was taught by his father, a handyman to build his own toys. Webborn in mobile, alabama in 1949, johnson was naturally curious and his interest in science and technology was fostered by his father, an army base truck driver,. Weblonnie johnson inventor of the super soaker® u. s. Johnson was born in 1949 in mobile, alabama. At nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory, johnson. Webas an african american born into a segregated alabama on october 6, 1949, lonnie george johnson overcame societal and racial hurdles with the support of his. Weblonnie johnson was brought up in mobile, alabama in the 1960s, when black children were not expected to go far, but such was his talent for engineering that.
