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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone: The Millionaire Cosmetologist from Metropolis, Illinois

from Dear Innovare​.​.​.​The Souls of Ignored Pioneers Shall Be Renowned by Ospreyshire

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Originator: Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone

Inventions: Mail order beauty care, innovative hair and skin care products for that worked for the African-American community, started a beauty college which doubled as a manufacturing plant, several beauty care patents, etc.

Suspect: Her former student who is mentioned in the poem. Said person is actually the 2nd African-American woman to be a millionaire. Annie was first!

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Madame CJ Walker, you weren't the first lady of that honor
You were a former client of her
From Metropolis, Illinois to St. Louis, then to the Second City was the first beauty expert of her time
Hair, face, hands
All became better with Malone's expertise for those with melanin
She built a college just for cosmetology
Despite $14 million in her prime, you stole those formulas
Women of all colors benefited from the Poro Brand
CJ...or is it Sarah?
You'd be nothing without Annie
She lost her business, but she won't be lost in history anymore

No woman can be attractive
Without a beautiful complexion and an innovative mind

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Spoken word verses coalesce with brief acousmatic and experimental noises in such urgent timing. This microcosm of experimentation is the M.O. of Curtis M. AKA Ospreyshire. Is he a poet who dabbles in the avant-garde or an abstract artist who uses free verse poems? Ospreyshire could care less and just release these crystalized moments in sonic form. ... more

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