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John H. Johnson
American businessman and publisher
For the Minor League Baseball executive, see John H. Johnson (baseball).
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 the second half of the twentieth century.[4] In 1982, Johnson became the first African American to appear on the Forbes 400.
In 1987, Johnson was named Black Enterprise Entrepreneur of the year.[1][5] in 1996, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Biography
Early years and education
Johnson was born in Arkansas City, Arkansas.
His family moved to Chicago at the time of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, during the Great Migration of African Americans out