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Johnson, John H(arold) (sh)




born Jan. 19, 1918, Arkansas City, Ark., U.S.

U.S. magazine and book publisher.

He moved to Chicago with his family and became a journalist. He introduced Negro Digest, a periodical for blacks, in 1942. Three years later he launched Ebony, a magazine he modeled on Life; by 2002 the magazine had a circulation of more than 1.8 million. Through Johnson Publishing Co., he also published black-oriented books and other magazines, and he later moved into radio broadcasting, insurance, and cosmetics manufacturing.