The story
The first Black-owned insurance company in the northern United States inspired a young employee named John H. Johnson to found Ebony magazine.
Everything that was here
- 1921–present
Supreme Life BuildingOffice Building
The first Black-owned insurance company in the northern United States inspired a young employee named John H. Johnson to found Ebony magazine.
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