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| Born | January 19, 1918 Arkansas City, Arkansas  United States |
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| Died | August 8, 2005 Chicago, Illinois |
| Spouse | Eunice W. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arkansas City is a city in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Johnson |
| Children | Linda Johnson Rice and John Harold Johnson, Jr, Stephanie Grace Johnson. |
| Parents | Leroy Johnson and Gertrude Jenkins Johnson |
John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, an international media and cosmetics empire headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that includes Ebony, and Jet magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Ebony, a monthly Magazine for the African American market was founded by John H Jet is a popular African-American Publication founded in Chicago Illinois in 1951 by John H Johnson was the first black person to appear on the Forbes 400 Rich List, and had a fortune estimated at close to $500 million. The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest People (first published in 1982) is a list published by Forbes Magazine of the Wealthiest 400 Americans [1]
Biography
John Harold Johnson was born in Arkansas City, Arkansas and in the 1930s moved to Chicago, Illinois with his family, where he attended Chicago's DuSable High School in 1936. Arkansas City is a city in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. He briefly attended both University of Chicago and Northwestern University before beginning a magazine called The Negro Digest in 1942. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Negro Digest was the prototype for Ebony, which is widely read today. Ebony, a monthly Magazine for the African American market was founded by John H Johnson used unconventional marketing techniques to help launch his first magazines. In order to pique storeowner's interest and prompt them to order a shipment of the magazine, he would ask his friends to go to the stores and ask for Ebony Magazine. Johnson's publications soon became successful.
Founded in 1942, Johnson's firm is the largest African American owned publishing company. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Johnson Publishing Company also publishes Black Star, Black World and Ebony Jr. magazines.
Johnson served on the Board of Directors of Dillard's Inc. This article is about a Department store chain For The Dillards a Progressive bluegrass band see The Dillards. , and he has served on the boards of First Commercial Bank, Little Rock; Dial Corporation; Zenith Radio Corporation; and Chrysler Corporation. Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The Dial Corporation is a maker of Personal care and Household cleaning products based in Scottsdale Arizona. Zenith Electronics Corporation is a former American manufacturer of Televisions headquartered in Lincolnshire Illinois Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925
Johnson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans Founded on December 4 1906 on the campus of The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal
Johnson died of heart failure on August 8, 2005 at the age of 87 in Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is survived by his widow, Eunice, and his daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, who now runs the Johnson Publishing empire.
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