Long before women could vote or open bank accounts on their own, long before Civil Rights laws existed, and long before ...

In 1888, a young, African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove left Louisiana to join her brothers in St. Louis. The future Madam C.J. Walker earned a living by doing laundry, then began selling ...

Madame C.J. Walker became the first self-made female millionaire in America from her hair care empire.

Indianapolis leaders celebrated the final phase of construction on the Madam Walker Legacy Center's rooftop expansion, which ...

BATTLE CREEK — Willard Library will explore the life and legacy of Madam C.J. Walker next week as it hosts her great-great-granddaughter, author A’Lelia Bundles, for a visit Feb. 28 inside the Kool ...

The venue is the latest in a series of investments that aim to raise the local and national profile of the Madam Walker ...

Madam C.J. Walker, Hair Product Tin, 1925, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, was one of two women (Annie Malone ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of the most successful African ...

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 roles ...

In an effort to uplift the legacy of famed entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, the city of Indianapolis recently dedicated a portion of Indiana Avenue as Madam Walker Memorial Way. Last week, the Madam ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Madam Walker Legacy Center hosted a "sky-breaking" ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 4 for the final construction ...