America's Most Powerful Black Families

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

I don’t know how true this is but I hear the true elite of the world is black families.

 

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08/15/25

 

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Story is an extension of the Afrocentric Edition posts from the America's Most Powerful Black Families thread.

That segment of Blacks were viewed as a threat to the legal and social order of this country during slavery, Reconstruction, and jim crow eras. They occupied a precarious position, so they built and strengthened networks to survive. Both here, and with Blacks from and in different countries.

With the demographic trends in this country, the need to build and strengthen Black networks is still important. Decades from now...others will understand what forward thinking people already know. And what some of the Black elite knew centuries ago.

*cued to question asked to Mrs. Lee about Trump and the current racial/social climate in America



09/30/25

 

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* about 6 minutes


Bob Johnson discussing the relationship he had with John H. Johnson, and other heads of Black media

Excerpt is from The Donnie Simpson Show
Season 2 Ep 4 10/22/25

 

[Houston911]

All facts.

I think the family tried to salvage Dr. Dibble's reputation by trying to distance him away from not "knowing" certain aspects of the study. He died before certain aspects of an investigation into the experiment concluded. But he was the one that ran the show so that didn't add up.

The point of all this, you not getting to the top, unless you do some nefarious shyt.

 

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fyi, about to start scrubbing many of these post. since it appears to be ai chatbots scouring the site, don't want it to pick up content here about these families as "sources of information".

 

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Descendant of Black families in Newport, RI that inspired characters and settings of Gilded Age SE3.

@4:25 Lecture starts
@1hr 6min Q&A begins



*Article about the history of the people, families, and city

 

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02/26/26

 

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02/26/26

props. never heard of them. look like a local club that's more exclusive than the la chapters of the national womens groups. great they've been able to maintain their clubhouse. it's a number black-owned clubhouses across the country, should do a separate thread on it.

 

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* about 6 minutes


Bob Johnson discussing the relationship he had with John H. Johnson, and other heads of Black media

Excerpt is from The Donnie Simpson Show
Season 2 Ep 4 10/22/25

john was a menace.
but as bob said, he didn't want to collaborate.
ebony and jet may have not been a 1 1/2 generation business if john wasn't trying to play hnic. linda didn't seem to have enough fertile ground to play with once she inherited the business.

 

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john was a menace.
but as bob said, he didn't want to collaborate.
ebony and jet may have not been a 1 1/2 generation business if john wasn't trying to play hnic. linda didn't seem to have enough fertile ground to play with once she inherited the business.

I never thought about his daughter having to navigate a business landscape where he had burned blown up so many bridges.

Its sad what happened to Ebony. I think if the Johnsons had more children, the one most suited to carry the torch would have emerged naturally. I dont think it was Linda's strong suit.

 

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I never thought about his daughter having to navigate a business landscape where he had burned blown up so many bridges.

Its sad what happened to Ebony. I think if the Johnsons had more children, the one most suited to carry the torch would have emerged naturally. I dont think it was Linda's strong suit.

John H. Johnson wasn´t for the bullshyt. He was super pro Black in a way that his children wasn´t that was the issue.

 

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I never thought about his daughter having to navigate a business landscape where he had burned blown up so many bridges.

Its sad what happened to Ebony. I think if the Johnsons had more children, the one most suited to carry the torch would have emerged naturally. I dont think it was Linda's strong suit.

i think she did the best that she could. but the fertile ground of collaboration should've been set by her father, which would've provided the avenue for business longevity when she took the helm. as bob johnson, and earl graves, and even oprah and others in business and media have alluded to, there were plenty of opportunities that could have been attained if johnson was a bit more open. by the time she inherited the business, those windows of opportunities had all but closed.

but to your point, i do think, having grown up in extreme wealth and access, linda would've been perfectly content being a philanthropist socialite - like loida lewis and many other women who were her peers. maybe if johnson's son had lived, he would've had a sharper mind for innovation.

 

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i think she did the best that she could. but the fertile ground of collaboration should've been set by her father, which would've provided the avenue for business longevity when she took the helm. as bob johnson, and earl graves, and even oprah and others in business and media have alluded to, there were plenty of opportunities that could have been attained if johnson was a bit more open. by the time she inherited the business, those windows of opportunities had all but closed.

but to your point, i do think, having grown up in extreme wealth and access, linda would've been perfectly content being a philanthropist socialite - like loida lewis and many other women who were her peers. maybe if johnson's son had lived, he would've had a sharper mind for innovation.

I was Jason Terry'd about Linda before, so I put "had" more children in italics in the previous post. I didn't know that the Johnsons had a biological son who passed away.

One of the things that could have kept that brand relevant and viable was something you pointed out before. Donnie Simpson echoed it indirectly in the full version of his Bob Johnson interview.
New blood, young people on the board and in those rooms as decisions were being made.

 

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I was Jason Terry'd about Linda before, so I put "had" more children in italics in the previous post. I didn't know that the Johnsons had a biological son who passed away.

he was adopted first as a newborn.
linda, a few months later.

Private services were held Monday for John H. Johnson Jr.​

By
Dec. 21, 1981
CHICAGO -- Private services were held Monday for John H. Johnson Jr., son of publisher John H. Johnson, who died after a long illness from sickle cell anemia. He was 25.

The younger Johnson died Sunday at the University of Chicago's Wyler Hospital. Private services were held at the Unity Funeral Parlors with members of the immediate family, close friends and relatives attending.

Johnson attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Harvard-St. George School in Chicago.

He worked as a staff photographer for Ebony and Jet magazines and was a frequent contributor to both publications. He had an avid interest in motion picture production and was a racing car enthusiast. He is survived by his father, mother Eunice and sister Linda.

The elder Johnson is the head of the publishing business which includes Jet and Ebony magazines, radio station WJPC in Chicago and Fashion Fair Cosmetics.