BET owner Robert Johnson becomes first African American majority owner of a sports team
NYP2002121801 - NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Robert Johnson CEO of Black Entertainment Television has been chosen on Dec. 17, 2002 by the NBA as the league's first black majority owner of the NBA's new Charlotte expansion franchise. File photo: May, 2000. ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
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