A hair-care entrepreneur, she was the richest, best-known Black woman of her day ...

Long before women could vote or open bank accounts on their own, long before Civil Rights laws existed, and long before “entrepreneurship” was a buzzword, Madam C.J. Walker built a beauty empire that ...

Madam C. J. Walker was America's first female self-made millionaire and she was Black. She made her fortune at the start of the 20th Century with hair products for African American women. Now the ...

Madam C.J. Walker not only helped revive hair care rituals among Black Americans, but she provided women a chance at self-determination in a community rising from the ashes. Madam C.J. Walker packaged ...