Robert Johnson , the only college graduate among ten children born to a working-class Illinois family, was a 30-something-year-old lobbyist for the fast-growing cable industry when he had a ...

Now that he’s been cleared of a murder that put him in prison for nearly 30 years, Robert Johnson says he’s ready for his next challenge. Learning to drive. “I start driving school on April 7,” ...

Memphis artist Andre Miller opened Gallery Albertine, named after his mother, showcasing his work focused on the Black experience. His latest series, "The Redemption of a Delta Bluesman: Robert ...

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Blues musician Robert Johnson was honored Sunday. A free public screening of "I Believe I'll Go Back Home: Robert Johnson's Copiah County Roots and Living Legacy" took place at the Two Mississippi ...

Robert Johnson was born May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, raised in the fields and small towns of the Delta where the blues was beginning to take shape. His childhood was marked by constant ...

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