- George E. Johnson, born in a Mississippi cabin, died at 99 — celebrated as a trailblazing entrepreneur.
- His company controlled roughly 80% of the Black hair-care market by the mid-1960s.
- In 1971 it became one of the first Black-owned firms listed on the American stock exchange.
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