northwest of downtown His grandma would tell him stories about Madam C.J. Walker, America's first female self-made millionaire, who would visit the neighborhood to talk to her lawyer, Freeman ...

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 ...

Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire Madam C.J. Walker was suffering from poverty and hair loss when she decided to concoct a hair regrowth lotion to heal her damaged scalp. Fast forward a ...

The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth.

They also tend to focus on men — great men, but men nonetheless. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is based on a story of black excellence. That alone sets it apart from any ...

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 ...