5 Fast Facts about Madam C.J. Walker
During a clock time when Jim Crow laws were actively being passed by province legislative body and segregation was full , one ego - made businesswoman managed to stand out and serve as an inspiration for distaff entrepreneurs and people of color in America . Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23 , 1867 — the 6th child inher familybut the first not born into slaveholding — the futureMadam C.J. Walkerdeveloped a line of hair products and cosmetic and became potential the first female millionaire in the state ....