RLJ Companies Founder Contributes $100,000 to Education in Liberia

U.S. Newswire, May, 2007

To: EDUCATION EDITORS

Contact: Xina Eiland, 1-202-321-8022, for RLJ Companies

BETHESDA, Md., May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert L. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television, along with his colleague, Morris Goldfarb, Chairman and CEO of G-III Apparel Group, contributed $100,000 to the Liberian Education Trust this month. The charitable trust was formed to harness American support for the restoration of basic education in post-civil-war Liberia.

Last month, Mr. Johnson led a delegation of 25 distinguished African Americans on a business and cultural mission to Liberia. This was the first mission of its kind by a group of Americans in 25 years.

"In Liberia, I saw a country of hope. Under the...

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