Robert Johnson might the be the most effective musician in history. He died at 27 and only had 29 known recordings (16 of them produced in San Antonio); his music wasn’t widely played during his ...

BET FOUNDER ROBERT JOHNSON MOCKS CROWDS PULLING DOWN STATUES, CALLS THEM 'BORDERLINE ANARCHISTS' "It is very possible a black vote at 12 percent going one way toward Donald Trump could make Donald ...

America's first black billionaire, Robert Johnson, is pushing hard for the government to pay $14 trillion in reparations -- and he wants his check just like everyone else.

Robert Johnson didn’t invent the blues, though many people almost seem to think he did. But Charley Patton, Blind Blake, Son House, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and numerous others created ...

As author Elijah Wald (Escaping The Delta: Robert Johnson And The Invention Of The Blues (Amistad, 2004)) points out in this introduction the the book: "For more than 80 years, the only way to ...

Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Robert Johnson, whose conviction was vacated last month. He was just 16 years old when he was arrested, and he now plans to get his driver's license.

“Fatherhood takes many forms, but to whoever they manifest, all fathers, God, surrogate or blood share one common desire, to help those under their care become the best version of themselves.” “Well ...

At times it seems like all of these views and images of Robert Johnson are at war with one another, clouding his legacy and diluting the power of what he achieved in just 27 years on this Earth.

As Mississippi gets set to celebrate Robert Johnson's 100th birthday, it's plain to see the musician still casts a long shadow over the Delta blues — deal with the devil or no.

The chancery court ultimately ruled that Claud Johnson proved he was the biological son of Robert Johnson — his 1931 birth certificate names an R. L. Johnson as his father — and thus sole heir ...

Johnson has been known as a big Democratic supporter but does support some of Trump’s policies. In 2019, the first Black Billionaire told CNBC that Democrats have moved “too far to the left ...