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**FILE** Vintage copies of Jet magazine are displayed in the offices of Johnson Publishing Company on June 9, 2014, in Chicago. The final print edition of the magazine hits newsstands this month. First published in 1951 and billed as 'The Weekly Negro News Magazine', Jet recently has been published every three weeks with a circulation of 700,000. Johnson Publishing will continue to publish a weekly online edition of Jet. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Black Experience, Lifestyle

Johnson Publishing Company Files for Bankruptcy

by WI Guest Author April 12, 2019October 31, 2020

Johnson Publishing Company, one of the nation’s most successful Black-owned businesses, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Eunice Johnson

Vintage Black Glamour on Exhibit at George Washington Museum

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer March 29, 2017October 30, 2020

Black Experience, National

Census Bureau Gives New Numbers for Black History Month

by Stacy M. Brown February 7, 2017October 30, 2020

Caption: John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines /Courtesy of thefamouspeople.com

Business, Community, Education, Local

John H. Johnson Legacy Continued at Howard U.

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer November 3, 2016October 30, 2020