Fuller Products Company

CTL-E-1358 · Business · other · 1929?-1984 (bankruptcy 1969/1971; acquired by Dudley Products 1984)

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

S.B. Fuller's door-to-door cosmetics and household-goods empire — one of the largest Black-owned direct-sales company of its era; documented decline from 1963 backlash, 1968 securities case, and bankruptcy; survived as a brand under Dudley Products.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from ECON-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-ECON-001:ECON-025; source research type(s): business.

Sources

businessiq360.wordpress.com (2026); Wikipedia
Wikipedia, 'Samuel B. Fuller'; FEE
FEE
Wikipedia, 'Samuel B. Fuller'; Face2Face Africa (2021)
Inference only — no primary or strong secondary evidence located
Wikipedia; HNN (2005)
HNN (2005)
Researcher negative finding (2026)
BBEA industry-history presentation (vestedin.org)
face2faceafrica.com; blacknews.com
face2faceafrica.com; CTL-DR-BVM-005
hnn.us; face2faceafrica.com
blacknews.com
Cross-reference: ECON-055; City of Chicago landmark report (via ECON-055)
Red-team F-030 reconciliation

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