These business models didn’t just survive 2008—they’re quietly booming in the digital era. It’s time we paid attention.

Madame Walker began selling her product door-to-door in the black community. The company became well known, not only for its hair care products, but also for its extensive agent system, in which ...

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.J. Walker ...

Black inventors and entrepreneurs have played ... signals and respiratory protection tracing back to his designs. Madam C.J. Walker: Beauty Industry Pioneer Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove ...

Madam C.J. Walker built an empire when society ... and the futures being secured. Black women don’t just make history—we are history in motion. And that, in itself, is worth celebrating ...

Stories of the first black millionaires Madam C.J. Walker and Mary Ellen Pleasant. Black History’s Hidden Figures That Inspired Today’s Innovators Five groundbreaking black innovators you ...

How Madam CJ Walker, an African American woman born to once-enslaved parents, made a fortune and helped others along the way.

THE HISTORY OF BLACK HAIR TRACES BACK MORE THAN 5000 ... IT WASN’T UNTIL THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THAT MADAM C.J. WALKER, A BLACK HAIRCARE PIONEER, INTRODUCED PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR COARSE HAIR.

It honors Madame C.J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, while also preserving the legacy of WERD, the first Black-owned radio station. WERD was instrumental in amplifying ...

EACH PIECE IS NAMED FOR HISTORIC FIGURES AND PLACES, SOME WELL KNOWN AND OTHERS A PIECE OF HIDDEN HISTORY. HER STORIES WERE AROUND BLACK BUSINESS LEADERS LIKE MADAM C.J. WALKER, ONE OF OUR FIRST ...

A hair-care entrepreneur, she was the richest, best-known Black woman of her day Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Reviewed by Charles Potters Madam C.J. Walker (1867 to 1919) was an early 20th ...