Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Self-Made Black Millionaire | Episode 89

Portrait of Madam C.J. Walker

Portrait of Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on a sharecropping in the post-Civil War South. She found her entrepreneurial calling when she met Annie Turbo Malone and tried her revolutionary hair products. From there, Sarah married the well-connected C.J. Walker and became Madam C..J Walker, the name with under she marketed her own revolutionary hair products for African American women. And her products remain on shelves to this day! 


INTRO - 5:10: Deanna tells us the history behind why African American Heritage Month, Black History Month, happens in February.

6:05 - 36:19: Hannah, currently on her own hair journey, tells us about this week’s awesome person, Madam C.J. Walker.


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