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Arkansas Holiday Celebrates Life of Pioneering Black Publisher

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John Johnson at the Johnson Publishing Company headquarters in Chicago.
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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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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.