11 Jan 1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA — Chicago: George E. Johnson a black entrepreneur with a high school education who parlayed a $250 investment into a company that grossed $39 million in sales, is seen in his office holding a few of the products made by Johnson Products Co., Inc. The firm is now the largest black manufacturing company in the world, with over 400 employees. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS