USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Poro College also provided a meeting place for African Americans and major black organizations such as the National Negro Business League to meet since they were denied access to most public spaces.

Detailed explanation-2: -Madam C.J. Walker Company Madam C.J. Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr. Walker moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1905, with just $1.05 in savings in her pocket.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madam C.J. Walker. Photo courtesy A’Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Collection. Most people who’ve heard of her will tell you one or two things: She was the first black millionairess, and she invented the world’s first hair-straightening formula and/or the hot comb.

Detailed explanation-4: -When director Kasi Lemmons began researching haircare entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker 20 years ago, she was bowled over by what she discovered. “She was a black woman who became the first self-made female millionaire in America, and I thought it was an extraordinary story, ” Lemmons shared on the phone from Los Angeles.