Felicia Marshall
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all...
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Madam C.J. Walker is commonly thought to be the first black woman millionaire. That honor actually belongs to Annie Turnbo Malone. Annie turned her personally developed hair products into a thriving business, including a school that taught her patented Poro mtehod of self-care. Madam C.J. Walker was one of her most successful students."-- Page 4 of cover
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