The culture from the Harlem renaissance is different from today’s culture because in the 1920s the Harlem renaissance culture was mostly jazz, swing dance, and different type of art. In the Harlem Renaissance time they were in a time of “black negro movement”. Madam CJ walker impacted the Black Negro movement by creating hair products for black woman which made her a self-made millionaire .Oprah winfrey portrayed her dream by becoming a talk show host and she is also a African American self-made millionaire. These women did not let their culture get in the way of their success. Culture can be defined in many different types of 1ways. Some of the ways that culture can be defined in the type of dance you do. For an example in the 1920s that
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They both had to go through living in poverty and only being raised by hard working single parent to raise them. They both had been taught the same religion ( Christian). Madam CJ Walker and Oprah Winfrey was taught that you have to work hard to get what you want in life. The struggles in her life didn’t stop Madam Cj Walker from becoming a self-made African American millionaire. She sold her own original products that she made from scratch by herself...Incredible! Oprah has become a profitable talk show host that benefited her to becoming a billionaire as well. “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.” These were the inspirational words that lead to the stardom of Madam CJ Walker. Oprah hasn’t always had the “good life”. She suffered from having a shaky background too. When she was a little girl Oprah sexually abused occasionally and was an orphan at one point of …show more content…
Oprah’s more modern life may have affected the opportunities she was limited. Slavery ended about more than 30 years from when Oprah was born. Of course there were still actions of segregation but not as much as when Madam CJ Walker was alive. During Oprah’s life she did possessed limitations in her life because of the sexual abuse she experienced when she was a child. She was faced with limitations because with sexual abuse comes depression, the feeling of loneliness, and solitariness. After moving with her dad Oprah was given a better education which shifted and benefited her life to better opportunities.
Different time periods may have limited the opportunities of Madam CJ Walker and Oprah Winfrey. Some may qualify that the different time periods may have affect what each entrepreneur could have done. Some may even refute that both Oprah and Walker had been through hardships in their time and had the opportunities and success as one each other.
Madam CJ Walker was grown up to be the first black women millionaire. She invented the process for straightening course hair and also invented the straightening comb.
Oprah Winfrey is a successful talk show host and great entrepreneur. She’s also an actress and major philanthropist. Oprah was even pronounced the richest black women in the world and even one of the richest person on this
They both had to go through living in poverty and only being raised by hard working single parent to raise them. They both had been taught the same religion ( Christian). Madam CJ Walker and Oprah Winfrey was taught that you have to work hard to get what you want in life. The struggles in her life didn’t stop Madam Cj Walker from becoming a self-made African American millionaire. She sold her own original products that she made from scratch by herself...Incredible! Oprah has become a profitable talk show host that benefited her to becoming a billionaire as well. “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.” These were the inspirational words that lead to the stardom of Madam CJ Walker. Oprah hasn’t always had the “good life”. She suffered from having a shaky background too. When she was a little girl Oprah sexually abused occasionally and was an orphan at one point of …show more content…
Oprah’s more modern life may have affected the opportunities she was limited. Slavery ended about more than 30 years from when Oprah was born. Of course there were still actions of segregation but not as much as when Madam CJ Walker was alive. During Oprah’s life she did possessed limitations in her life because of the sexual abuse she experienced when she was a child. She was faced with limitations because with sexual abuse comes depression, the feeling of loneliness, and solitariness. After moving with her dad Oprah was given a better education which shifted and benefited her life to better opportunities.
Different time periods may have limited the opportunities of Madam CJ Walker and Oprah Winfrey. Some may qualify that the different time periods may have affect what each entrepreneur could have done. Some may even refute that both Oprah and Walker had been through hardships in their time and had the opportunities and success as one each other.
Madam CJ Walker was grown up to be the first black women millionaire. She invented the process for straightening course hair and also invented the straightening comb.
Oprah Winfrey is a successful talk show host and great entrepreneur. She’s also an actress and major philanthropist. Oprah was even pronounced the richest black women in the world and even one of the richest person on this