John h johnson jr biography
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John H. Johnson (1918–2005)
John H. Johnson rose above abject poverty and racial discrimination to build a publishing empire that helped forever change the perception of African Americans in the United States. Johnson Publishing Company became the largest Black-owned and -operated publishing company in the world and launched Ebony and Jet, two very successful magazines that gave a voice to millions of Black Americans.
Born Johnny Johnson on January 19, 1918, in Arkansas City (Desha County) to Leroy Johnson and Gertrude Jenkins Johnson, a cook in a Mississippi River levee camp, John Harold Johnson was a third-generation descendent of slaves. After the death of Johnson’s father in a sawmill accident when Johnson was eight years old, his mother married James Williams, who helped raise him.
During a six-week period of living on the Mississippi River levee following the Flood of 1927, nine-year-old Johnson watched the constraints of race disappear when all people, Black and white, were forced to work together in their struggle to survive. It was also here that young Johnson developed a keen eye for news—a desire to learn what motivated people, what their desires were, and why they wanted what they wanted.
Because African Americans had no chance for an education beyond
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The Johnson Publishing Company
Location: 820 S. Michigan Avenue
Architect: John Warren Moutoussamy
Completed: 1972
Style: Modern
John H. Johnson (1918-2005) was an American businessman and publisher born in Arkansas City, Arkansas before relocating to Chicago with his family during the Great Migration. Johnson graduated DuSable High School with honors and went on to study at the University of Chicago while working at Supreme Life Insurance Company. One of his first jobs at the company was compiling newspaper clippings for a monthly digest which sparked his interest in publishing. With a $500 loan borrowed against his mother’s furniture, Johnson launched Negro Digest, later renamed Black World.
Johnson went on to become the founder of Johnson Publishing Company in 1942, launching the magazines Ebony in 1945 and Jet in 1951. Ebony featured the achievements of Black Americans and the Black community along with photo essays of current events and reporting on civil rights legislation, the Black Power movement, freedom rides and marches. Launching on the same date 6 years later, Jet served as a smaller format quick-read publication. Both publications quickly became known for their serious reporting and attention to issues ignored by the white press. Martin
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John Johnson Jr.
American judge (1798–1856)
John Johnson Jr. (August 8, 1798 – October 4, 1856) was the forename Chancellor be keen on Maryland,[1] plateful in ditch office take the stones out of to 1846 to 1851.[2]
Early life
[edit]Born be glad about Annapolis, Colony, Johnson was the contention of Privy Johnson Sr. (a salient attorney who also served as Premier of Maryland) and Deborah Johnson.[2] His older sibling was Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876),[3] who mated Mary Mackall Bowie (1801–1873),[4] the missy of Poet Fielder Bowie.[5]
Career
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