{"id":1976,"date":"2013-04-11T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2013-04-11T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:50:15","slug":"su-student-johnson-makes-living-historic-with-clothing-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2013\/04\/11\/su-student-johnson-makes-living-historic-with-clothing-line\/","title":{"rendered":"SU student Johnson makes living historic with clothing line"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harold Johnson, Historic Living clothing line entrepreneur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taylor Bembery<\/strong>
\nBlue & White Flash\/Variety Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harold Johnson, is not only earning a degree here at Jackson State University, he is also building his brand, Historic Living.<\/p>\n

Historic Living, which is based on afrocentrism, is a clothing line that bridges the gap between what being black use to be and what being black is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inspiration came from my auntie. She came up with an idea, along with three other of my family members to create a clothing line based on afrocentrism. I always was interested in history. It originally started off as Historic, and then we came into Historic Living,\u201d said Johnson, a junior mass communications major with a concentration in integrated marketing communications from Chicago, Ill.<\/p>\n

JSU has several students with their own clothing line but\u00a0 Johnson stated that his line is unique.<\/p>\n

\u201cI move towards the graphic design and use more of a historical base for my work. As far as other clothing lines, I don\u2019t like to follow the trend at the moment. There are a lot of trendy clothing lines out here but I try to make a self identity in my clothing,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n

Historic Living is more than a clothing line to Johnson. He said having his line is a way for him to be self sufficient in his community and he believes that his peers should also have an entrepreneurship mind-set.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can be an owner, you can have your own employees, and be self sufficient. Black people need to be more self-sufficient. All black people in essence have an entrepreneurship mind-set but they don\u2019t capitalize on the opportunities,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n

T\u2019erica Hudson, a junior criminal justice major from Chicago, Ill., is close friends with Johnson. She said his clothing line can make an impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistoric Living is an expression of the African-American culture. It speaks volumes to our generation. It reminds us to never forget where we come from; the motherland. I believe it\u2019s a humble clothing line that expresses our roots,\u201d said Hudson.<\/p>\n

Brittany Edwards, a junior mass communications major from Chicago, Ill., stated that she is completely supportive of young people who are starting up their own businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support students that have their own clothing lines because it shows their originality, work ethic, and dedication to what they love to do,\u201d said Edwards<\/p>\n

Johnson plans to have his own boutique in the future and have his work showcased on a media platform. He is currently working on a website for his clothing line and on a summer line which will include jerseys and baseball caps.<\/p>\n

If you would like to make an inquiry to Historic Living you can email: historic.apparel07@yahoo.com, call: 708.203.7101, or follow on twitter: @historic_201.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Bembery Blue & White Flash\/Variety Editor Harold Johnson, is not only earning a degree here at Jackson State University, he is also building his brand, Historic Living. Historic Living, which is based on afrocentrism, is a clothing line that bridges the gap between what being black use to be and what being black is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}