BIRTH NAME: Sarah Breedlove McWilliams

BIRTHPLACE: Delta, Louisiana on the Burney Family Plantation

BIRTHDATE: December 23rd, 1867

• 1st family member to be born free

BUSINESS/MARRIED NAME: Madame CJ Walker

     Became this when she married her second husband; Charles Joseph "CJ" Walker in Denver.  He helped her to advertise her hair products in Black newspapers throughout the United States.