Joan Betty Henderson Johnson
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It told me that it needed to be emulsified.
So I thought it would be very easy, because I knew, but it was not.
And it just popped out of my mouth when he said that.
We could make a product that would do this for everybody.
And she went out to collect.
The day that she went, he was just going to blow her off and tell her, you know, I don't have the money.
I can't pay the bill right now.
So she said, OK, then I'm going to sit over here until you do.
And, you know, and they tried to run her out of there with some, you know, nasty language.
But she just sat there reading Ebony magazine until the guy finally decided he had to pay her, and he did.
She had a tough reputation.
The props that came out of Chicago enabled me to open up Indianapolis.
And then the money at Indianapolis helped me open up Cleveland.
And then I could go to Detroit.