Outreach Connection - Season 4 Episode 172 Arthur "Flash" Johnson – Olympic Boxer

Olympic Boxer and St. Louisan Arthur "Flash" Johnson sat down with Dr. Debra Peppers on the Outreach connection program. Johnson also held 7 Golden Glove titles in the light flyweight and flyweight division as an open fighter. He competed as a Flyweight for the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. The Arthur Johnson Foundation raises money for college scholarships for high school seniors in the metro-east. Arthur states the foundation hopes to award 10 or 15 next year. We want to help these kids stay off the streets and off drugs. Education is the best way. The Arthur Johnson Foundation has been asked by the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to start a boxing center at the Lincoln High School, on Bond Avenue.