Discover Madam C.J. Walker's inspiring journey from poverty to millionaire, revolutionising beauty, entrepreneurship, and ...

Photographs, documents and artifacts illustrate Walker’s journey from growing up on an old slave plantation to becoming the first African American businesswoman. During her lifetime, Walker ...

On the advice of Robert Abbott, the owner of the Chicago Defender and one of the first African American millionaires, Coleman decided to learn to fly in France. Coleman learned French at a ...

Dana Anderson “D.A.” Dorsey was a businessman, banker and philanthropist who became one of the first African-American millionaires in Florida. He rose from a carpenter on Henry Flagler’s ...

But Bolloré’s companies and investment partners had been major players in African markets years before he staked a claim in American music.