SETX Black History Facts and Fashion – Madam CJ Walker, the Original Oprah?

Black History Month in the Golden Triangle Looking  Back at Madam CJ Walker, America’s First Female Millionaire Today’s edition of SETX Black History Facts and Fashion appropriately honors Madam CJ Walker, whose life has similarities to the story of Oprah Winfrey. Madam CJ Walker was born near Delta, Louisiana in 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended slavery in The United States. She suffered from an ailment of the scalp that led to hair loss. Madam CJ Walker... Read More

Black History Month Beaumont TX – Remembering Lewis Howard Latimer

Black History Month in Southeast Texas Remembering Black Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer Black History Month Beaumont TX – Meet Lewis Howard Latimer the African American inventor who helped Thomas Edison invent the light bulb and Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone. Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the light bulb and is perhaps the most famous of the American inventors. Alexander Graham Bell is known as the father of the telephone and is certainly one of... Read More