Arkansas Holiday Celebrates Life of Pioneering Black Publisher

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published November 1, 2019 at 3:59 PM CDT

John Johnson at the Johnson Publishing Company headquarters in Chicago.

Nov. 1 is the first observance of a new state holiday honoring John H. Johnson, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, which created Ebony and Jet Magazines.

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