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Ever since 2002, as chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company \u2014 where she became the first African American woman CEO among the top five of the Black Enterprise 100s largest black-owned companies \u2014 Linda Johnson Rice has shone a ray of positivity on the black community with her strong and resilient leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since 2002, as chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company \u2014 where she became the first African American woman CEO among the top five […]
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