Madame CJ Walker Boutique Museum

Housed in the historic Sweet Auburn district, this boutique museum preserves the legacy of America’s first self-made female millionaire. The building sits on the site of her original 1950s beauty shop and shares space with the historic WERD radio station, the first Black-owned radio station in the United States, which operated in the space above the salon during the Civil Rights Movement. Ask the docent to show you the original WERD broadcast equipment; it’s a hidden layer of civil rights history many miss.