"This Black History Month and beyond, we need to embrace the history of Black hair care products by focusing on those ...

Madam C.J. Walker was a U.S. entrepreneur who built ... There was no lack of Black-oriented beauty and hair care products In Walker's day, but she used canny self-promotion to make her wares ...

Hair care products developed for, and often by ... By 1906, Annie Turnbo Malone, owner of the Poro company, and Madam C.J. Walker were marketing extremely popular hair “growers” and pressing oils.

The award, recognizing Excellence in DEI, was received at the Personal Care Product Council Beauty Collective Summit.

Madame Walker began selling her product door-to-door in the black community. The company became well known, not only for its hair care products, but also for its extensive agent system, in which ...