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Madam C.J. Walker’s daughter, A’Lelia Walker, steps into the spotlight in a new biography by A’Lelia Bundles, that celebrates ...
The Netflix series ‘Self Made’ tells the story of Madam CJ Walker with a fresh approach that adds both interest and depth for a 2020 audience.
Madam C.J. Walker was the first American woman to be a self-made millionaire. Her great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles doesn’t want anyone misusing that legacy to score political points.
Madam C.J. Walker, the first documented self-made woman millionaire, will soon have a doll in her honor as part of the Barbie Signature Inspiring Women collection. She is the latest historical ...
Madam C. J. Walker’s status as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist has long been a model for aspiring Black business owners. On August 24, she became a model too- a doll in the image of ...
Madam C.J. Walker was America’s first black woman to be a self-made millionaire. She created hair care products for black women. In the 1890s, a scalp ailment caused Walker to lose most of her hair.
"I think Madam C.J. Walker's important for a number of reasons, obviously it's her business acumen, she was a heck of a businessperson," he said. But beyond that, Blankenship said Walker's legacy in ...
Madam C.J. Walker was a trailblazing Black businesswoman who established the headquarters for the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company on West Street in Indianapolis in 1910.
Madam C.J. Walker was the first female self-made millionaire in the country thanks to her pioneering beauty company, which provided haircare products for people of color. Now, Mattel , the company ...
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.