Eudora Johnson-Binga was born to John and Ellen Johnson. Her father was a successful saloon keeper and property owner in Southside Chicago. Her brother John "Mushmouth" Johnson was the infamous gambling and policy (numbers) king of the Southside. She was a socialite, philanthropist and one of the wealthiest and most fashionable African-American women in Chicago. She married banker and real estate mogul Jesse Binga on 2/20/1912. Her inheritance from brother John "Mushmouth" Johnson, helped her husband to augment his real estate and banking business. She was a world traveller, art collector and business woman. She and her husband sponsored the Champion Magazine (1916) as a writing vehicle for her nephew, poet Fenton Johnson. In 1933, she suffered a fatal paralytic stroke after the failure of her husband's Binga State Bank.
Eudora Johnson-Binga was born to John and Ellen Johnson. Her father was a successful saloon keeper and property owner in Southside Chicago. Her brother John "Mushmouth" Johnson was the infamous gambling and policy (numbers) king of the Southside. She was a socialite, philanthropist and one of the wealthiest and most fashionable African-American women in Chicago. She married banker and real estate mogul Jesse Binga on 2/20/1912. Her inheritance from brother John "Mushmouth" Johnson, helped her husband to augment his real estate and banking business. She was a world traveller, art collector and business woman. She and her husband sponsored the Champion Magazine (1916) as a writing vehicle for her nephew, poet Fenton Johnson. In 1933, she suffered a fatal paralytic stroke after the failure of her husband's Binga State Bank.
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