Robert Johnson

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March 28, 2022
State lawmakers could pick one new state song or three, including one by legendary Mississippi blues artist Robert Johnson.
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December 9, 2020
The AMC Networks-owned streaming service created by BET founder Robert L. Johnson will be rebranded as ALLBLK next month.
October 6, 2020
"Game Changer Conversations" will feature John in one-on-one talks with a host of business leaders and cultural icons on Black…
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September 30, 2020
Robert Johnson, the founder of BET, was disappointed by the first presidential debate but stated Trump was the devil he…
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June 26, 2020
Robert Johnson called for Black Lives Matter to establish their own political party because the Democrats have taken the Black…
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November 30, 2019
Media mogul and Co-Founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Robert Johnson gave an exclusive interview to CNBC this week and…
Robert Johnson
September 4, 2018
Even Robert Johnson, who co-founded BET Networks, was still not able to escape racial profiling
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February 27, 2018
AMC Networks has announced that it will acquire majority control of Robert Johnson's RLJ Entertainment streaming company. The deal will…
November 16, 2012
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh record store owner has found what he calls "the holy grail of 78s" in a…
June 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - BET founder and billionaire businessman Robert L. Johnson met with black conservatives on the Hill to address…
March 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Out of the 1,226 people who made this year's Forbes Billionaires List, only six are black --…
February 23, 2012
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to name part of Interstate 55 for blues great Robert Johnson,…
October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to be implemented by Fortune 1000…
October 12, 2011
As Congress weighs the Obama administration's jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says…
October 4, 2011
OPINION - Bob Johnson hasn't felt the pulse of black America in a long time and his latest comments illustrate…
October 3, 2011
Appearing with FedEx CEO Fred Smith on '"Fox News Sunday,' Johnson said that demagoguing the wealthy is not the way…
August 29, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy-winning Blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose…
July 28, 2011
VIDEO - "Evidently in Washington, there are no rational people.," this according to Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television...
September 14, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The cell phone industry says the jamming methods some states want can interfere with emergency communications…