In an era characterised by the prominent Jim Crow laws which segregated blacks from whites and regarded blacks as less humans in the united States, Booker T. Washington diplomatically took the lead to become the voice and dominant leader of the black American community. (Read more...)
In 1998, Johnson and his partners, sold BET Holding to Viacom, a giant media group. Though it was sold at $3 billion, Johnson still remained the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BET until 2005. That sale made Johnson America's first Black billionaire. (Read more...)