Annie T. Malone was the first black woman to launch a black haircare company. She founded Poro College, the first school for teaching and studying black cosmetology in the United States.

"A biography series highlighting the work and social impact of BIPOC inventors"-- "Meet the inventors and scientists of color who changed the world! Born Sarah Breedlove near Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. Among her many accomplishments, she invented a Black hair care method, known as the "Walker...