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John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005 [2]) was an American businessman and publisher. Johnson was the founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson's company, with its Ebony (1945) and Jet (1951) magazines, was among the most influential African-American business in media in ...
John H. Johnson was a magazine and book publisher, the first African American to attain major success in those fields. Johnson and his family settled in Chicago after visiting that city during the 1933 World’s Fair. He later became an honour student at Du Sable High School in Chicago, where he was.
11 de nov. de 2004 · John H. Johnson, widely regarded as the most influential African American publisher in American history, was born on January 19, 1918, in Arkansas City, Arkansas, to Leroy and Gertrude Johnson Williams.
Learn about John H. Johnson, the pioneer of black magazine publishing and a champion of civil rights. Explore his life, legacy and impact on the world of journalism and culture.
9 de ago. de 2005 · John H. Johnson, who used his mother's furniture as security for a $500 loan to start the business empire that eventually included Ebony and Jet magazines and that made him one of the nation's...
3 de dic. de 2007 · Born in Arkansas City, Arkansas on January 19, 1918, publisher, philanthropist, businessman, entrepreneur, John Harold Johnson became the leading 20th Century publisher of African American news magazines. Johnson moved to Chicago in 1932 where he attended school and graduated with honors in 1936.
John H. Johnson (1918-2005) launched Ebony magazine with the goal of producing a journal to chronicle African American lives. While Ebony’s first issue totaled 25,000 copies, by its sixtieth year in 2005, the publication reached ten million readers.
