Johnson Publishing

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The Johnson Publishing Company is an American publishing company owned and managed by the family of John H. Johnson. It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Snubbed by advertisers when he founded his company in November 1942, John H. Johnson pushed his magazine company to the front of the pack. Led by its flagship publication, Ebony, the family-owned Johnson Publishing is the largest African-American-owned publishing firm in the United States. It also publishes Jet and operates a book division. In addition, Johnson Publishing produces a line of hair care products (Supreme Beauty) and cosmetics (Fashion Fair) marketed for African-American women, and each year it hosts the Ebony Fashion Fair, a traveling fashion show that raises money for scholarships and charities in cities across the US and Canada.

The company's book division features titles such as The New Ebony Cookbook and the more controversial Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream.

Johnson Publishing is owned and controlled by the family of founder and chairman Johnson. Johnson's daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, handles the day-to-day operations as president and CEO. His wife, Eunice, produces the Ebony Fashion Fair.

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