To the Editor: The billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Sheila Johnson, made the front page of The Progress-Index recently for mimicking the Democratic candidate for governor in front of a small group. She promptly apologized.
The Black Entertainment Television (BET) service began in 1980, and one paper studies how it helped brand African America, concluding that its appearance greatly increased the proportion of blacks seen on television (Bill Cosby's broadcast show began four years later; Oprah six years after the cable network began).
Our cooperate partners include: Black Entertainment Television (BET), Boys & Girls Club of Broward County, Broward College, Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, Broward County Health Dept., Broward Health, Camillus Health Concern, Inc., City of Lauderhill Coalition for Community Mobilization, Compass, Inc., Comprehensive AIDS Program Comserv, Inc., Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach, Drug Abuse Treatment Association, Empower U, Inc., Florida Atlantic University, Florida Memorial University, Glades Health Initiative, Inc., GLCC, Inc., Holy Cross Hospital, Jefferson Reaves, Lauderhill Commissioner Dale Hoiness, Lauderhill Commissioner Howard Berger, Merit Pharmacy, Miami-Dade County Health Dept., Mount Olive Development Corp., Palm Beach County Health Dept., Positive Ima...
Jones joined Motown in 1970 as publicity manager for its International Talent Management Company. He has created and implemented media campaigns for artists such as Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, Rick James, Diana Ross, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Vanity, The Commodores, Bruce Willis and many other top artists. His film and television credits include "Lady Sings the Blues," "Thank God It's Friday," "Mahogany," and the Motown 25th Anniversary special for NBC-TV. In 1993, as a part of the NAACP's 25th Anniversary Image Awards, he was presented the renowned "Sterling Award" along with [Maggie Hathaway], the founder of the Beverly Hills Chapter of the NAACP. By the end of the year the Los Angeles Sentinel bestowed him with a grand honor by se...
... served for two years as president of the Black Public Relations Society of Southern California (B... 1995, Black Entertainment Television (BET) saluted Jones with a primetime television documen...
Situated in Fort Pierce, Florida (just a short distance from West Palm Beach and Orlando), author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston is remembered at the library that bears her name, in the same city where she lived the latter part of her life. You can also travel along the Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks Heritage Trail, honoring and chronologically representing her impact on Fort Pierce and the surrounding county. Along the trail is the Garden of Heavenly Rest, Zora's final resting place. Washington, D.C., is home to a wealth of Black history. On the entertainment front, the headquarters of Black Entertainment Television (BET) can be found here. The Benjamin Banneker Memorial Circle and Fountain honors the African-American astronomer, surveyor and mathematician credited with completi...
We are honored to welcome [Sheila C. Johnson] into Lincoln Holdings and to take over stewardship of the Washington Mystics," said [Ted Leonsis], majority owner and chairman of Lincoln Holdings. "We are big believers and supporters of women's basketball and believe Sheila will help lead the team to success on and off the court. In 1980, Sheila Johnson co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET). She served as executive vice president of corporate affairs and helped build the foundation that turned the first cable television network aimed at African American viewers into a nationwide media powerhouse. Johnson spent 17 years at BET until the company was acquired by Viacom in 1997. Johnson served as a member of BET Holding Inc.'s board of directors until 2001. Johnson is currently chi...
I wonder if the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in their meeting with CBS President Les Moonves ever negotiated for a more balance of opinion-format on the CBS airwaves nationwide and on the Internet. I doubt it. I wonder how many times have Sharpton, Jackson or Rev. Horace Sheffield,III who was quoted extensively in this story, ever led a boycott against Black Entertainment Television (BET) in the past three decades that they have denigrated Black women? Zero. Why not?
ETTRICK - Sheila Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hospitality and President of the WNBA's Washington Mystics addressed approximately 1,300 Virginia State University business students Wednesday. Johnson is a widely known and respected entrepreneur, perhaps best known for helping found the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network.
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