Eudora Johnson Binga
*Eudora Johnson Binga was born on this date in 1871. She was a Black Socialite and investor.
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 Chicago's wealthiest and most fashionable Black women.
She married banker and real estate mogul Jesse Binga in February 1912. Her inheritance from brother John "Mushmouth" Johnson helped her husband augment his real estate and banking business. She was a world traveler, art collector, and businesswoman. 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. She died on March 26, 1933.
