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Robert L. Johnson at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television; Appearances on C-SPAN; How I Built This - Live Episode! Black Entertainment Television: Robert Johnson; Interview with Robert Johnson, president and founder of BET, from KUT's In Black America series on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, April 29, 1986
Robert Leroy Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, possibly on May 8, 1911, [4] to Julia Major Dodds (born October 1874) and Noah Johnson (born December 1884). Julia was married to Charles Dodds (born February 1865), a relatively prosperous landowner and furniture maker, with whom she had ten children.
Robert L. Johnson founded The RLJ Companies in 2002 in Bethesda, Maryland. [7] [8] Johnson serves as chairman of the company. [4] Previous to founding The RLJ Companies, Johnson owned BET, which he sold to Viacom in 2001. [12] He remained on at BET as its CEO through 2006. [4] In 2001, Johnson and Tom Baltimore started RLJ Lodging Trust with ...
On February 27, 2010, Robert Johnson announced the sale of the team to Michael Jordan, making him the first former NBA player to become majority owner of a franchise. [ 116 ] On April 9, 2010, the Bobcats clinched their first playoff berth with an exciting 104–103 road win over the New Orleans Hornets , [ 117 ] finishing the 2009–10 season ...
Bob Johnson (actor) (1920–1993), voice actor noted for Mission: Impossible mission messages; Bob Johnston (1932–2015), American record producer; Bob Johnson (musician) (1944–2023), British guitarist, singer and songwriter; Robert L. Johnson (born 1946), founder of Black Entertainment Television
Robert Livingston Johnson (March 25, 1894 – January 16, 1966) was Temple University's third president (1941 to 1959) [1] and a former vice president of Time Inc. [2]
Robert L. Johnson III was born on November 29, 1958 in Natchez, Mississippi. [1] When he was young, Johnson would help his father, who was a bricklayer and cattle rancher, with work. Johnson's mother was a school teacher, later retiring as an assistant superintendent. [2]
Robert Lee Johnson (1922 – May 18, 1972) was an American sergeant who spied for the Soviet Union. Johnson volunteered to spy for the KGB while he was stationed at Berlin , Germany . He also recruited a former Army friend, James Mintkenbaugh.