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maeve66 ([personal profile] maeve66) wrote 2012-02-01 06:07 pm (UTC)

Oh, yeah, I've got her (Madam C. J. Walker) on the list. She was always a big deal in West Oakland iterations of Black History Month (and day, and week, and year, sort of) because of the semi Garveyite entrepreneurial success. That is still a big trope in Black Oakland, where until a few years ago there was a sprawling Black Muslim chain of businesses (bakeries with bean pies, but not only bakeries), apart from many cultural boutiques.

I'll have to look up Mrs. Seacole!

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