Bankrupt Johnson Publishing is set to auction off its Ebony photo archives, but it still ...
(WorldNews Business)

CHICAGO - An auction to sell off bankrupt Johnson Publishing`s most valuable remaining asset - its historic Ebony photo archives - is set for Wednesday, seemingly the final poignant chapter for the Chicago-based publisher after 70 years in the magazine business. But at least one unwanted legacy remains: a $5 million defamation lawsuit alleging Ebony falsely implicated two white Georgia high school students in the death of a black classmate. A Chicago bankruptcy judge ruled this week that former Georgia FBI agent Richard Bell and his wife, Karen, can `proceed to final judgment` in the lawsuit against Johnson Publishing for articles indirectly linking their sons to the death of Kendrick...