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Five Fun Facts About Eunice Johnson

• Eunice Johnson and John H. Johnson created a publishing empire that included the successful Ebony and Jet magazines.

• In 1958, Eunice Johnson and one of her friends worked on a Fashion Show for a hospital in New Orleans that turned into a major fundraising enterprise with black models wearing clothing by black designers.

• Eunice Johnson and her husband attended a celebration for the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, in 1963.

• 1973, Ebony and Jet publisher John H. Johnson’s Wife Eunice Johnson created Fashion Fair Cosmetics. First Black Owned Cosmetic Brand.

• 1991, Ebony Fashion Fair made 190 stops in the United States, the Caribbean, and Canada. Ebony Fashion Fair partnered with a local charity to help raise money for everything the community needs (scholarships, facilities for medical research for diseases specific to African-Americans, & etc.).