R.I.P.: John H. Johnson: Ebony Magazine Mogul...

A great man has passed recently...

John H. Johnson, founder of "Ebony" magazine has passed after a long and adventurous life that lasted 87 years. With $500.00 he received from his mother as a loan, he created a privately-held, self-made juggernaut called The Johnson Publishing Company that's worth in excess of $500,000,000.00.

Damn.

When people said he couldn't, he said, "Watch me." What else can be said for such a giant in the Black business community?

Here's the website to his company:
http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/assembled/home.html

Here are some articles links that will attempt to sum up his life:

1) http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720272/K=John+H.+Johnson,+Ebony+Magazine/v=2/SID=e/l=NSR/R=7/SIG=129juebt4/EXP=1124168050/*-http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050809/obit_johnson.html?.v=2

2) http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720272/K=John+H.+Johnson,+Ebony+Magazine/v=2/SID=e/l=NSR/R=9/SIG=12b3fjgjk/EXP=1124168050/*-http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3301700

3) http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1021153&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

John H. Johnson:
1/19/18 - 8/8/05

















He will be sorely missed.