An edition of La rosa negra/ The Black Rose (2000)

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An edition of La rosa negra/ The Black Rose (2000)

The Black Rose

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"Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes.".

""I got my start by giving myself a start," Madam C. J. was fond of saying as she recounted her transformation from the uneducated laundress Sarah Breedlove to a woman of wealth, culture, and celebrity. Madam C. J. was nearing forty and married to a maverick Denver newspaperman when the wonder-working hair care method she discovered changed her life.

Seemingly overnight, she built a marketing empire that enlisted more than twenty thousand bright young African American women to demonstrate and sell her products door-to-door." "A dynamic, brilliantly creative businesswoman, Madam C. J. also became a tireless activist in the fight against racial oppression and a key figure in the antilynching movement. A stalwart "race woman," she worked with black leaders like Booker T. Washington, and her legacy inspired poets like Langston Hughes."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
375

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Edition Availability
Cover of: La rosa negra/ The Black Rose
La rosa negra/ The Black Rose
June 30, 2003, Lumeneditorial, Lumen Editorial
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: La Rose noire
La Rose noire
2001, France loisirs
in French
Cover of: The Black Rose
The Black Rose: The Dramatic Story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire
January 2, 2001, One World/Ballantine
Paperback in English
Cover of: Black Rose
Black Rose
2001, Turtleback
in English
Cover of: The Black Rose
The Black Rose
2000, Ballantine Pub. Group
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Black Rose
The Black Rose
2000, Ballantine Pub. Group
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The black rose
The black rose
2000, Ballantine
in English
Cover of: The Black Rose
The Black Rose
2000, Random House Publishing Group
Electronic resource in English

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Edition Notes

"A One World book."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3554.U3413 B57 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 375 p. ;
Number of pages
375

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24751387M
Internet Archive
blackrose00duet
ISBN 10
0345439600
LCCN
00102064
OCLC/WorldCat
44176795

Work Description

Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful beauty company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes. Renowned author Alex Haley became fascinated by the story of this extraordinary heroine, and before his death in 1992, he embarked on the research and outline of a major novel based on her life. Now with The Black Rose, critically acclaimed writer Tananarive Due brings Haley's work to an inspiring completion. Blending documented history, vivid dialogue, and a sweeping fictionalized narrative, Tananarive Due paints a vivid portrait of this passionate and tenacious pioneer and the unforgettable era in which she lived.

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