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George Ellis Johnson's Johnson Products, home to Afro Sheen, becomes the first Black-owned company to be listed on a major U.S. stock exchange.
The Root

1971

George Ellis Johnson's Johnson Products, home to Afro Sheen, becomes the first Black-owned company to be listed on a major U.S. stock exchange.

Johnson also becomes the first African American to serve on the board of directors of Commmonwealth Edison.

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