Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company

The Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Co., The Walker Company) was a United States African American cosmetics manufacturer incorporated in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1910 by Madame C. J. Walker. In 1911 Madame C.J. Walker was listed as the sole stakeholder of the company. The Walker Company was best known for its African-American cosmetics and hair care products in the twentieth century. The Walker Company is considered the most widely known and financially successful African-American owned business of the early twentieth century. In July 1981, the Walker Company was closed.

The Madame C.J. Walker Building houses the Madame Walker Theatre Center in the city of Indianapolis. It was named after America’s first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker. As Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991.