Pa. merchant finds rare Robert Johnson record
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh record store owner has found what he calls "the holy grail of 78s" in a box of old albums he picked up for $50...
Robert Johnson addresses wealth disparities
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...
Forbes: Meet the world’s 6 black billionaires
theGRIO REPORT - Out of the 1,226 people who made this year's Forbes Billionaires List, only six are black -- and just one is American: Oprah Winfrey...
Blues legend Robert Johnson could get highway honor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to name part of Interstate 55 for blues great Robert Johnson, whose most famous song is about a crossroads...
BET founder pitches black unemployment fix
theGRIO REPORT - Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to be implemented by Fortune 1000 companies to increase employment and business opportunities for African-Americans...
BET founder proposes plan to reduce black unemployment
As Congress weighs the Obama administration's jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says marshals the capacity of the nation's biggest companies to significantly reduce black unemployment...
Is Bob Johnson a black Obama critic with clout?
OPINION - Bob Johnson hasn't felt the pulse of black America in a long time and his latest comments illustrate this...
BET founder rips Obama for 'attacking success'
Appearing with FedEx CEO Fred Smith on '"Fox News Sunday,' Johnson said that demagoguing the wealthy is not the way to get people to like you...
Bluesman David 'Honey Boy' Edwards dead at 96
CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy-winning Blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, died early Monday in his Chicago home, his manager said....
BET founder weighs in on the debt crisis
VIDEO - "Evidently in Washington, there are no rational people.," this according to Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television...
