BLACK HAIR
EMPIRE
The Untold Story of How Black Hair...Became Black Empowerment
“I am a woman that came from the cotton fields of the South; I was promoted from there to the wash-tub; then I was promoted to the cook kitchen, and from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations … I am not ashamed of my past; I am not ashamed of my humble beginning. Don’t think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!” - Madam C.J Walker
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ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles, Scribner, 2001
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BEAUTY SHOP POLITICS: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry by Tiffany Gill, University of Illinois Press, 2010
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HOPE IN A JAR: The Making of America’s Beauty Culture by Kathy Peiss - First University of Pennsylvania Press - 1998 -
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THE HISTORY OF BLACK BUSINESS IN AMERICA: Capitalism, Race and Entrepreneurship by Juliet E. K. Walker, University of North Carolina Press, 2009
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HAIR STORY: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd and Lori Tharps, St. Martins Press, 2001
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STORY OF PRIDE, POWER AND UPLIFT: Annie T. Malone by J.L Wilkerson, Acorn Books, 2003
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400 YEARS WITHOUT A COMB by Willie Morrow, Milady Publishing Corporation, 1984.
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HAIR RAISING: Beauty, Culture and African American Women by Nowlie M. Rooks, Rutgers University Press, 1996
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African American firms losing control of the ethnic haircare industry: Author: SPRUELL, SAKINA P. Publication: Black Enterprise- Date:Nov 1, 2000
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MADAM C.J WALKERS ROLE MODEL: by Annie Turnbo Malone (Author), Joel A. Freeman (Editor, Introduction)
11. LEARN TRADES or Starve May 1853: A paper by Fredrick Douglas ' The African Repository, Volume 29
12. Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History: By Victoria Sherrow, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006
