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February 8, 2022 20 mins

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH:  JOE DUDLEY (1937 - ) Long before Dudley was featured on Chris Rock’s ‘Good Hair’, he made a stop on the set of Cara Live!  Similar to Madam C J Walker, in 1957, he invested $10 in a Fuller Products hair kit and began selling hair care products.  By 1975, he formed Dudley Products Company in Greensboro, NC and employed approximately 400 sales people.  In 1988, he opened Dudley Cosmetology University with 8 strategically located schools.  His company has been listed in the top 50 in Black Enterprise Magazine’s Top 100 Black Owned Businesses.  The company has a global presence and is available in Canada, Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, The Bahamas and the Caribbean.  #LivingLegend

Learn more:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dudley


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