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Writer Wendy Calhoun on Entrepreneur / Activist Madam CJ Walker.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American businesspeople.
- Beauty culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Madam C.J. Walker was born into slavery as Sarah Breedlove, but became the first self-made female millionaire in the US, creating a beauty empire that helped African-American women celebrate their natural beauty. Using her influence to push for anti-lynching laws before the Civil Rights Movement, she also became a model entrepreneur. Listen to writer Wendy Calhoun tell Madam C.J.'s story.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2024).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
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