“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?” The poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” written by Tupac Shakur, in 1999 was published long after Madam CJ Walker passed, but screams her life story. Many people will be surprised that one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire was an African American named Madam CJ Walker, also known as Sarah Breedlove. Many will also be uprised that the same person is from a small rural town called, Delta, Louisiana, born to newly free slaves and before the age of 14 becoming an orphan and a cotton picker in Mississippi. Sarah did not let life's hardships hinder her from excelling. Her touching story pushes and inspires me to bloom and not let anything stop me. Her sharp intelligence and savvy wittiness allowed her to be one of the biggest black entrepreneurs in history.
After suffering from scalp ailment and hair loss, Walker took it upon herself to change the cosmetic industry and formulate products that help with what she was suffering from, specifically in African American women. At only thirty-three years old, she pinpointed her hair problem which was the scalp and her product helped maintain a clean healthy scalp which …show more content…
She broke racial barriers with all of the odds against her. But simply studying cosmetology is not enough for me. My desire is to further my passion and knowledge by learning the ins and outs of business, along with the chemical compositions of the products we use and their effects on the skin and hair. At the age of only eighteen, I have six years of experience with freelance makeup artistry and hairstyling. I want to combine my talents with my business sense to one day create a company designed to make all people feel as beautiful outside as they are inside, just like Madam CJ
After suffering from scalp ailment and hair loss, Walker took it upon herself to change the cosmetic industry and formulate products that help with what she was suffering from, specifically in African American women. At only thirty-three years old, she pinpointed her hair problem which was the scalp and her product helped maintain a clean healthy scalp which …show more content…
She broke racial barriers with all of the odds against her. But simply studying cosmetology is not enough for me. My desire is to further my passion and knowledge by learning the ins and outs of business, along with the chemical compositions of the products we use and their effects on the skin and hair. At the age of only eighteen, I have six years of experience with freelance makeup artistry and hairstyling. I want to combine my talents with my business sense to one day create a company designed to make all people feel as beautiful outside as they are inside, just like Madam CJ