Johnson ontwikkelde als een van de eersten haarproducten die specifiek op zwarte consumenten waren gericht. Ook hielp hij het iconische programma Soul Train floreren.

George E. Johnson Sr., the pioneering American businessman and entrepreneur who built a Black hair care empire, died at his home in Chicago on Monday.

The Johnson Products Company was founded in 1954, catering to African Americans’ evolving tastes in hairstyles and fashion, in an era when U.S. companies paid little attention to…