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Entertainer Eartha Kitt in an undated photo (Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company Archive)

Ebony/Jet Photo Archive Given to Smithsonian African American Museum

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

The acclaimed Johnson Publishing Company that produced the iconic Ebony and Jet magazines documenting decades of Black life in America has a new home.

**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

Affectionately known as the "Ebony/Jet building," the former headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company is now prime real estate in Chicago. (Erick Johnson/Chicago Crusader)

Black Experience, Business, Lifestyle

Iconic Ebony Magazine Moves to Los Angeles

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2017October 30, 2020

WI Bridge

Vintage Black Glamour on Exhibit at George Washington Museum

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

Black Experience, Business, National

Black Chicago Fights to Save Historic Ebony Building from Developers

by WI Guest Author March 2, 2017October 30, 2020

Black Experience, National

Census Bureau Gives New Numbers for Black History Month

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