Our Remarkable Local History
Annie Turnbo Malone
Episode 3 | 2m 18s
Peoria’s first Black female millionaire was entrepreneur Annie Turnbo Malone.
Annie Turnbo Malone is considered Peoria's first Black female millionaire. Born in 1869, Malone would go on to start a hair-care product empire and founded the nation's first African American cosmetology college.
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Our Remarkable Local History is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Our Remarkable Local History
Annie Turnbo Malone
Episode 3 | 2m 18s
Annie Turnbo Malone is considered Peoria's first Black female millionaire. Born in 1869, Malone would go on to start a hair-care product empire and founded the nation's first African American cosmetology college.
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