Lubertha Miller Johnson (July 22, 1906 Ackerman, Mississippi [1] – January 6, 1996 Las, Vegas, Nevada [2]) was an African-American nurse, civil rights campaigner and anti-poverty activist based in Paradise Valley, Nevada. [3] She was known as the first black nurse in southern Nevada, and the president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP. [2] [3]
She was a member of Gamma Phi Delta sorority. [1] The annual Lubertha Johnson Award of the American Association of University Women is named in her honor. [2] [1] [4]