Annie Malone

Good Morning POU! Today we look at hair maven Annie Turnbo Malone, the woman who taught Madame CJ Walker.    Annie Minerva Turnbo was born in southern Illinois, the daughter of escaped slaves Robert and Isabella (Cook) Turnbo. While her father went off to fight for the Union troops in the Civil War, her mother had taken their children and escaped from Kentucky , a neutral … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The Politics of African American Hair