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Annie Malone establishes Poro College in St. Louis, the first Black-owned cosmetology school.

1918

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Malone also develops products for Black consumers, including skin and hair care products. Madam C. J. Walker is Malone's student. Both Malone and Walker refuse to sell skin lighteners and to market their hair products as hair straighteners.