Founder/Publisher of Ebony & Jet has Passed
I am heartbroken by this news, Mr. Johnson was a pioneer and source of great inspiration for me.
August 8, 2005 — Pioneering black publisher John H. Johnson, whose Ebony magazine countered stereotypical coverage of blacks, died Monday. He was 87.
LaTrina Blair, promotions manager with Johnson Publishing Co. in Chicago, said the company would be releasing a formal statement later Monday afternoon.
Born into an impoverished family in Arkansas, Johnson went into business with a $500 loan secured by his mother's furniture and built a publishing and cosmetics empire that made him one of the wealthiest and most influential black men in the United States.
More:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/080805_ap_ns_johnson.html
August 8, 2005 — Pioneering black publisher John H. Johnson, whose Ebony magazine countered stereotypical coverage of blacks, died Monday. He was 87.
LaTrina Blair, promotions manager with Johnson Publishing Co. in Chicago, said the company would be releasing a formal statement later Monday afternoon.
Born into an impoverished family in Arkansas, Johnson went into business with a $500 loan secured by his mother's furniture and built a publishing and cosmetics empire that made him one of the wealthiest and most influential black men in the United States.
More:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/080805_ap_ns_johnson.html
Labels: Black Issues, Business, In the News
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