Robert Johnson, who co-founded BET, became a billionaire in 2001. Who Was the First Self-Made Black Woman Millionaire? Madam C.J. Walker is usually cited as the first Black woman to be a “self ...

While still a Turnbo agent, Sarah stepped out of her boss’ shadow in 1905 by relocating to Denver, where her sister-in-law’s family resided (apparently, she’d heard black women’s hair ...

Madam C.J. Walker — an entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist — became the first Black woman millionaire in America. She was born Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867, on a Louisiana plantation ...

Sarah Rector was the first Black female millionaire in the U.S. She was 11 years old in 1913 when oil was discovered on her land in Oklahoma. White-owned newspapers were openly racist in coverage ...

Sarah Elisabeth Goode made history in 1885 when she became one of the first Black American women to earn a patent. She ...

“I’m here to support and protect my clients. And hopefully help create the next generation of Black women millionaires,” the Trademark lawyer said. For Pierce, uplifting Black women is the ...

"(Pleasant was) the first millionaire -- we believe -- the first Black millionaire in the state ... This unhearalded woman, who may have helped start the war that would end slavery, eventually ...

“As a Black woman, it feels like he’s attacked me ... as “abhorrent” and urged the Conservatives to return the millionaire’s money. But the scourge of racism is not unique to the ...