Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, just two years after the end of the Civil War. Her parents had been enslaved, and she was the first in her family born into ...

In 1888, a young, African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove left Louisiana to join her brothers in St. Louis. The future Madam C.J. Walker earned a living by doing laundry, then began selling ...

Rags-to-riches entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and her daughter, A’Lelia Walker, built one of the most successful African American hair care businesses in American history. But it was only after ...

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ATLANTA - The Madame C.J. Walker Museum & WERDStudio in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Historic District has been officially added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, a network of landmarks that played key roles ...

Madam C.J. Walker is known as a Black hair-care pioneer and the nation's first woman self-made millionaire, but her mansion on the Hudson River is a fascinating peek into her lifestyle.

Long before she built a business empire, Madam C.J. Walker's story began right here in Northeast Louisiana.

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Madam C ...

Madam. C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S., is the next female role model to be honored in Barbie's line of Inspiring Women dolls. Walker, the daughter of former slaves, ...

If you've seen Netflix's Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, then you know all about Sarah Breedlove (a.k.a. Madam C.J Walker), one of America's first self-made female millionaires.

You can read this Madam C.J. Walker quote, from her speech to the National Negro Business League (1912), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read more about Walker here. Suggested Reading ...

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