Founded in 1942 by African American businessman John H. Johnson, the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. published Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as other publications. This collection contains newspapers clippings, press releases, and more used as research for the various publications. The collection includes newspaper clippings on various prominent African American women, such Daisy Bates, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Mary Church Terrell, Sojourner Truth, Diane Nash, Rosa Parks, and Pauli Murray. It also contains newspaper clippings and press releases on various African American organizations, such as the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Apr 7, 2021

Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection

Founded in 1942 by African American businessman John H. Johnson, the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. published Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as other publications. This collection contains newspapers clippings, press releases, and more used as research for the various publications. The collection includes newspaper clippings on various prominent African American women, such Daisy Bates, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Mary Church Terrell, Sojourner Truth, Diane Nash, Rosa Parks, and Pauli Murray. It also contains newspaper clippings and press releases on various African American organizations, such as the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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"For Muriel Humphrey Christmas Comes Early" article along with press release and correspondence from Dorothy I. Height. 5 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"For Muriel Humphrey Christmas Comes Early", 1964
Date Created
1905-05-17
Description
"For Muriel Humphrey Christmas Comes Early" article along with press release and correspondence from Dorothy I. Height. 5 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American press, Women--Societies and clubs
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Voting Restrictions in the 13 Southern States", a report on the low turnout of African Americans in the south due to complicated registration, participation regulations, and poll taxes. These issues are listed state by state.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Voting Restrictions in the 13 Southern States", circa 1944
Date Created
1943/1945
Description
"Voting Restrictions in the 13 Southern States", a report on the low turnout of African Americans in the south due to complicated registration, participation regulations, and poll taxes. These issues are listed state by state.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Press Release From National Council of Negro Women conducting a National Memorial Service for the late Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. 3 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Press Release From National Council of Negro Women, June 24, 1944
Date Created
1944-06-24
Description
Press Release From National Council of Negro Women conducting a National Memorial Service for the late Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. 3 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"New Yorkers to Plead Here for Ingrams" article about a group pleading for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"New Yorkers to Plead Here for Ingrams", circa 1948
Date Created
1945/1951
Description
"New Yorkers to Plead Here for Ingrams" article about a group pleading for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Free Ingrams Rally Slated Here Friday" article about a planned rally for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Free Ingrams Rally Slated Here Friday", circa 1948
Date Created
1945/1951
Description
"Free Ingrams Rally Slated Here Friday" article about a planned rally for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"A Colored Woman Travels the United States" article about Jim Crow in America. 5 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"A Colored Woman Travels the United States" by Mary Church Terrell, January 1946
Date Created
1946-01
Description
"A Colored Woman Travels the United States" article about Jim Crow in America. 5 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" article on "Portraits of Outstanding Americans" photo exhibit featuring Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune and George Washington Carver. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" Article, May 26, 1946
Date Created
1946-05-26
Description
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" article on "Portraits of Outstanding Americans" photo exhibit featuring Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune and George Washington Carver. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education, Women--Societies and clubs, African American arts
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Minutes of the 48th Annual Session of the Alabama Federation of the Colored Women's Clubs detailing the conference sessions, reports, and member directory. 26 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Minutes of the 48th Annual Session of the Alabama Federation of the Colored Women's Clubs, June 1946
Date Created
1946-06
Description
Minutes of the 48th Annual Session of the Alabama Federation of the Colored Women's Clubs detailing the conference sessions, reports, and member directory. 26 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, Women--Societies and clubs
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Will He Lose His Vote" article on a 93 year old Reverend and how the Florida election process tries to interfere with his right.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Will He Lose His Vote", October 27, 1946
Date Created
1946-10-27
Description
"Will He Lose His Vote" article on a 93 year old Reverend and how the Florida election process tries to interfere with his right.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Letters From the Editor 'Functional Equality'" editorial on what functional equality means and Pauli Murray. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Letters From the Editor 'Functional Equality'" Article, February 20, 1947
Date Created
1947-02-20
Description
"Letters From the Editor 'Functional Equality'" editorial on what functional equality means and Pauli Murray. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American newspapers, Race relations, African American press
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"What Has Become of the New Dealers" article on the nearly 100 Black cabinet members during the Roosevelt administration and what has become of them.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"What Has Become of the New Dealers", April 5, 1947
Date Created
1947-04-05
Description
"What Has Become of the New Dealers" article on the nearly 100 Black cabinet members during the Roosevelt administration and what has become of them.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"A Negro Woman Educator's Life" article on Mary Bethune looks back on struggle and triumph at the age of 73. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"A Negro Woman Educator's Life" Article, August 17, 1947
Date Created
1947-08-17
Description
"A Negro Woman Educator's Life" article on Mary Bethune looks back on struggle and triumph at the age of 73. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American press, Women--Societies and clubs, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Alabama's Amendment May Become Decisive in Negro Vote Battle" article on an Alabama constitutional amendment set to undermine the Black vote and how other states may negatively follow if the amendment passes.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Alabama's Amendment May Become Decisive in Negro Vote Battle", August 24, 1947
Date Created
1947-08-24
Description
"Alabama's Amendment May Become Decisive in Negro Vote Battle" article on an Alabama constitutional amendment set to undermine the Black vote and how other states may negatively follow if the amendment passes.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
US Department of Labor Women's Bureau article draft for Ebony [Magazine] entitled "Opportunities for Negro Women in the Medical and Other Health Services". 8 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Opportunities for Negro Women in the Medical and Other Health Services", October 1947
Date Created
1947-10
Description
US Department of Labor Women's Bureau article draft for Ebony [Magazine] entitled "Opportunities for Negro Women in the Medical and Other Health Services". 8 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Employment, African American press
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Pursuit of Democracy: The Nation Council Wasn't Ready for the Emotional Catharsis of Changing Heads" article on the annual convention of the National Council of Negro Women. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Pursuit of Democracy" Article, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
"Pursuit of Democracy: The Nation Council Wasn't Ready for the Emotional Catharsis of Changing Heads" article on the annual convention of the National Council of Negro Women. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Obituary for Mary Church Terrell. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mary Church Terrell", March 2, 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Obituary for Mary Church Terrell. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mary Church Terrell Spends Busy Three Days in Chicago, Says Jim Crow Theatres Her Next Target" article about Mary Church Terrell;s fight against Jim Crow laws. 2 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mary Church Terrell Spends Busy Three Days in Chicago, Says Jim Crow Theatres Her Next Target", circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
"Mary Church Terrell Spends Busy Three Days in Chicago, Says Jim Crow Theatres Her Next Target" article about Mary Church Terrell;s fight against Jim Crow laws. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Words of Wisdom: Excerpts from Speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune" with snippets of various speeches from Dr. Bethune. 2 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Words of Wisdom: Excerpts From Speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune", circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
"Words of Wisdom: Excerpts from Speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune" with snippets of various speeches from Dr. Bethune. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education, Women--Societies and clubs, Speeches
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mrs. Bethune Denounces Jim Crow Education in Founders Day Speech" article on Dr. Bethune's speech at Southern University's 40th Annual Founders' Day. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mrs. Bethune Denounces Jim Crow Education in Founders Day Speech" Article, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
"Mrs. Bethune Denounces Jim Crow Education in Founders Day Speech" article on Dr. Bethune's speech at Southern University's 40th Annual Founders' Day. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education, Women--Societies and clubs
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom" article by Walter White on the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth. 4 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom" Article, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
"Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom" article by Walter White on the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth. 4 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American newspapers, Race relations, African American press
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection