Before Madam C.J. Walker, There Was Annie Malone
Malone may not have had Walker’s million-dollar marketing strategy, but she had a million dollars first.
10 min readFeb 1, 2020
For over a century, the legacy of Madam C.J. Walker has overshadowed the life of Annie Malone. Walker’s well-documented success has allowed her to stake claim to what Malone did first — establishing a…