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1974 - Bill Johnson Buys the Charlotte Post

Bill Johnson talks with future governor Jim Martin.
Event Type: 
Turbulent Times 1960-1979

1974 - Bill Johnson buys the Charlotte Post.

  • Bill Johnson graduated from Second Ward High School. 
  • After serving in the Armed Forces, he receives his journalism degree. 
  • Upon his return to Charlotte, he cannot find a job as a reporter and takes a job as a mail carrier. Later, he becomes the first black writer for the Charlotte Observer
  • Johnson buys the Charlotte Post and revives the dying newspaper.
  • Photo shows Bill Johnson talking with future governor Jim Martin.