The Fight of the Century

Episode aired Mar 20, 2020
TV-MA
46m

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In the early 1900s, Sarah Breedlove begins making and selling her own hair products for black women but faces competition from Addie, her jealous former mentor.In the early 1900s, Sarah Breedlove begins making and selling her own hair products for black women but faces competition from Addie, her jealous former mentor.In the early 1900s, Sarah Breedlove begins making and selling her own hair products for black women but faces competition from Addie, her jealous former mentor.

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Sarah refers to Addie's saleswoman as mulattoes, which ,in the United States, is an offensive term for a person of mixed white and black ancestry.

Goofs
Madam Walker says "have a blessed day," a common saying among southern-born Christians, but she says "blessed" with one syllable. It is always said bless-ed, 2 syllables.

Quotes
[first lines]
Sarah Breedlove: [narrating] It came to me in a dream. Hair is beauty. Hair is emotion. Hair is our heritage. Hair is tell us who we are, where we're been, and where we're going.