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BET daughter weds

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
SLIDESHOW - Paige Johnson, daughter of BET founders Bob and Shelia Johnson, married Dudley Payne, III on Saturday in the Bahamas, The Washington Post reports...
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BET founder to develop inspirational YouTube channel

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORTER - BET founder and chairman of the RLJ companies, Robert Johnson, is developing a faith-friendly channel on YouTube...
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Robert Johnson addresses wealth disparities

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORT - BET founder and billionaire businessman Robert L. Johnson met with black conservatives on the Hill to address the significant wealth disparities in the African-American community...
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BET's 30 years of missed opportunities

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - If you happen to watch BET Sunday evening and planned to see their 30-year anniversary show, you might have been in for a rude awakening...
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Why there should be a black backlash against BET

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - Through the years, the BET Awards have become a staple of unhealthy and counter-productive broken black family fun...
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Sheila Johnson's fight against HIV in DC

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Sheila Johnson is using her riches from launching BET to raise awareness of the capital's AIDS crisis with a new documentary...
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Ex-Bobcats owner calls Charlotte anti-black business

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Billionaire Bob Johnson told a group of mostly black business people the Carolinas' largest city doesn't do enough for black-owned businesses...
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