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She wrote and directed The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, a dramatic rendering of the financial gains and emotional losses of African-American businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker, which received its world premiere production in January 2005 at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. [22]
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records . [ 1 ]
Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was born on December 23, 1867, in Delta, LA. Born to formerly enslaved parents, Breedlove was an orphan by the time she was seven years old. In 1881, Breedlove married Moses McWilliams at the age of 14. The couple welcomed a baby girl in 1885, named Lelia.
The illustrious Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, became one of the nation’s first women self-made millionaires more than a century ago by turning the use of hot combs, brushes ...
In 2006, she made her Goodman Theatre debut in Regina Taylor's The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove. In 2011, she took on the role of Lena Younger in the Ebony Repertory Theatre production of the Lorraine Hansberry classic A Raisin in the Sun. The play was directed by Phylicia Rashad. Caldwell, along with the entire cast, was nominated for the LA ...
Rap star, who performed opposite Eminem in 2002 film, died in September aged 46
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The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, 2005 play by Regina Taylor; Melungeon DNA Project, 2005 genetic study of Breedlove and other selected surnames in Hancock County, Tennessee; Breedlove Odyssey, 2005 concert tour featuring Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, K'naan, and others; Breedlove v. Nicolet, 1833 U.S. Supreme Court case; Parsons v.