Johnson Publishing Company

Um, she was at LaGuardia Airport, uh, getting ready to come out here to look for on-camera work as a newscaster.

She was a journalist who worked at Johnson Publishing in, in Chicago.

And, um, she was at the airport.

Uh, they found her body in a car, and she had been shot.

Um, we had, uh, in fact, uh, Ed Clayton was head of PR at that time.

Ed Clayton was the guy who built Jet Magazine for Johnson Publications.

You know, uh, most amazing thing that, uh, I had, um, uh, you know, I stayed in Atlanta for a while, and Ed Clayton and I finally ended up staying there on Fair Street together.

Yeah.

He got married and eventually built a remarkable career.

He established Johnson Publishing Company.

He created two highly successful magazines and became one of the most successful magazine entrepreneurs in the country.

He eventually became the first black American to appear on the Forbes 500 list.