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Co-Founder of Johnson Products Company, Joan Johnson, Dies at 89

Joan JohnsonCHICAGO- Joan Johnson, the co-founder of Johnson Products company, died September 13 in Chicago after battling a long illness. Johnson Products Company, started in Chicago, was the first black-owned company to be traded on the American Stock Exchange. Publicist Dori Wilson states that “The Johnsons were the first successful family we in the African American […]

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