The Black Rose

"Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes.". ""I got my start by giving myself a start," Madam C. J. was fond of saying as she recounted her transformation from the uneducated laundre...