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paid vacation, health insurance, onsite healthcare, profit sharing for all employees, tuition reimbursement, maternity leave with a guaranteed job upon return, 4-day holiday weekends, and more. The George E. Johnson Educational Fund provided college scholarships to 1000 deserving students.
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During an era in which many mainstream employers refused to hire African Americans and/or relegated Black employees to dangerous and undesirable roles, Johnson provided a loving work environment to more than 500 Chicagoans of all races and benefits many American workers still long for today:
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In 1999, the The Wall Street Journal featured George Johnson in its Special Report “10 Who Made a Difference: The minds that transformed entrepreneurship in the 20th century,” alongside Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Ray Kroc, Sam Walton, and others. #BlackHistory
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Founded in 1954, in Chicago, JPC manufactured Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, was the financial sponsor of Soul Train, and with more than $200M in sales (today’s dollars) was once the largest Black-owned manufacturing company in the world. JPC revolutionized advertising imagery of Black people.
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On January 14, 1971, the Johnson Products Company became the first Black-owned company publicly traded on a major stock exchange, the American Stock Exchange. #BlackHistory #WritingCommunity
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I'm celebrating an important anniversary re my forthcoming collaboration, “Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall Street,” with George Ellis Johnson, 97, founder of Johnson Products Company (JPC). #BlackWriters #BlackBookSky #WritingCommunity
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On this date in 1969, the Johnson Products Company made business history by becoming the first Black-owned company to be publicly traded in the United States.