Skip to main content

James P. Johnson

James P. Johnson is an associate professor of history at Brooklyn College. His article on the curious origins of Mother’s Day appeared in our April/May 1979 issue.

Articles by

James

Johnson

Articles by this Author

Ouija, February/March 1983 | Vol. 34, No. 2
In 1913 the Ouija board dictated a novel. Twenty years later it commanded a murder. It is most popular in times of national catastrophe, and it’s selling pretty briskly just now.