Eunice Johnson Remembered For Linking Blacks, Fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 6, 2010
Eunice Johnson, the woman who brainstormed the name Ebony for the magazine that would become the most popular publication in black America, was remembered on NPR’s Tell Me More Tuesday.
Johnson, the widow of Ebony’s founder, John Johnson, died at age 93. Her death was announced by Johnson Publishing Co. Monday.
Besides coming up with the iconic magazine’s name, Eunice Johnson was also the force behind the Ebony Fashion Fair, an annual fashion tour through cities with significant black populations. She also created the Fashion Fair cosmetics line.
TMM host Michel Martin talked with Robin Givhan of the Washington Post about Johnson
source:http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/eunice_johnson_remembered_for.html
