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John H. Johnson Cultural Museum
Arkansas City, Desha County, Arkansas |
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John H. Johnson Cultural & Educational Museum
John Harold Johnson was born January 19, 1918 to Leroy and Gertrude
Johnson, in Arkansas City, Arkansas. This house is his boyhood home.
John H. Johnson and his mother relocated to Chicago, Illinois in 1933.
Today, John H. Johnson is a renowned ENTREPRENEUR, HUMANITARIAN
PHILANTHROPIST, OWNER and FOUNDER of JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.,
and resides in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson Publishing Company encompasses
Ebony and Jet Magazines, a literary publishing division, Fashion Fair
Cosmetics, and the Ebony Fashion Show. John H. Johnson is recognized as
an entrepreneurial trailblazer of global stature, and respected as a
great humanitarian. John H. Johnson was inducted into the Arkansas
Business Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in
1993.
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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
The John H. Johnson Cultural and Entrepreneurial Center Project
Relocation/Restoration of
The John H. Johnson House
Arkansas City, Arkansas
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., Chancellor, UAPB
Dr. Mary Benjamin, Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, UAPB
Mr. Edward Fontenette, Director
John B. Watson Library
Project Director
Dr. Calvin Johnson Dean, Department of Education, U.A.P.B.
Mrs. Mary Flowers, Project Coordinator
The John H. Johnson Cultural & Entrepreneurial Advisory Board
Dr. Viralene Coleman
Mr. Robert Moore
Ms. Eva M. Pearson
Ms. Michelle Robinson
Dr. Margaret M. Hall
Ms. Wanda Neal
Mr. Henri Linton
Ms. Mary Washington
Desha County Quorum Court
Mark D. McElroy, County Judge
Joe James
Ralph Clayton
Bud Adams
Richard Smith
Charles Denver
Alonzo McGeHee
Gene Weser
Allen Evans
Charles Killion
Governor of the State of Arkansas
The Honorable Mike Huckabee
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