Eunice W. Johnson | |
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Born | Eunice Walker April 4, 1916 Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | January 3, 2010 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 93)
Resting place | Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, Illinois) |
Education | B.A. Talladega College |
Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago |
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Years active | 1942–2008 |
Notable credits | |
Title | Founder and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Eunice Walker Johnson (April 4, 1916 – January 3, 2010) was an American businesswoman. Johnson was the wife of publisher John H. Johnson and an executive at Johnson Publishing Company.[1] Johnson was the founder and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair, which began in 1958 as a hospital fundraiser and became an annual worldwide fashion tour that highlighted fashion for African-American women, running until a year before her death.[2]