Family Business

My grandparents manufactured and sold beauty supplies during and after the civil rights era for women of color, when pantyhose, durags, and stockings didn’t come in darker tones. They brought eyelashes, perms, and wave caps to Texas and introduced cosmetics “for us, by us.” My first job was putting price tags on jars of hair grease, adding up figures on invoices, and putting hooks into pairs of socks. I learned more on our living room floor than Harvard could ever teach. I’m in love with my grandparents and their accomplishments and take their legacy and lessons into every boardroom and classroom I enter. Much love ✊🏾Long live RBK

Rahsaan King