This week the class has a chance to share their favorite book or magazine with the class. I chose Jet Magazine because it has been my favorite since childhood.

Here are some bullets from my powerpoint presentation:

• Jet was founded in Chicago, Illinois by John H. Johnson in 1951. It was originally printed in either all or mostly white and black until the last issue of 1999 which was printed in all color.

• The magazine made its biggest mark during the Civil Rights movement. Jet published photographs of the mutilated body of 14-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi. Those haunting photographs showed America and the rest of the world the cruelty that was being digested by southern Blacks.

• Jet’s founder John H. Johnson, also the founder of Johnson Publishing Company was the first black person to be named on the Forbes 400 Rich List. Johnson had a fortune estimated at close to $500 million.