This brilliant entrepreneur took advantage of the beauty industry’s decision to ignore black consumers by instead serving them well. An economic visionary, Walker also created a beauty school ...

Being Black in the South meant sometimes struggling ... and I can trace this feeling back to that life-changing experience at the beauty counter. That day didn't just teach me about makeup ...

"For us to be the main consumer of beauty supplies, why is it you don't see us behind the counter?" said Bonita ... and neighboring cities, seeing a Black person behind the register is not common ...

Of all the beauty retail chains in the U.S., there may be just one that aims to be both Black-owned and serve as a marketplace exclusively for Black-owned brands. And it’s just now opening its ...