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.

What’s wild is that Johnson only recorded 29 songs in a short life that ended far too early, but those tracks echo louder than some entire catalogs. His blues aren’t just sad songs—they’re ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

And in Robert Mugge's "Notes From The Road: A Filmmaker's Journey Through American Music," Mugge reminisces about directing more than 25 music documentaries, his subjects including Robert Johnson ...

BET founder Robert Johnson slammed those who topple Confederate and other statues across the US as “borderline anarchists” — and argued the act means “absolutely means nothing” to black ...