Madam C.J. Walker

CTL-E-1072 · Institution · other · 1867-1919

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Built a hair-care business empire; entrepreneur, innovator, and cultural transformer. Did NOT invent the hot comb (adjudicated False in this package's myth audit).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-066; source research type(s): None. Sources populated 2026-10-03 from package provenance during the KG completion pass; external sourcing still pending.

Sources

CultureTechLens research package CTL-DR-TECH-001 — entity record TECH-E-066 (research/CTL-DR-TECH-001/entities.json)

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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