Atlanta, GA
Atlanta hairstylist turns original Madam C.J. Walker beauty shop into Black history museum
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta hairstylist Ricci de Forest turned an original Madam C.J. Walker beauty shop into a museum filled with Black history.
De Forest said he accidentally stumbled upon the shop 30 years ago after a turn off historic Auburn Avenue.
11 years after that moment, he got the space and everything inside, including the original hair tools from the Madam C.J. Walker shop.
Walker sold beauty products and became one of the wealthiest Black women of her time.
De Forest told Atlanta News First he was fortunate enough to meet one of the shop’s last living stylists.
“When she started doing hair here in the 1940s with these tools, a shampoo and press was 25 cents for a Negro woman,” de Forest said.
De Forest discovered even more civil rights history hidden upstairs.
The first Black-owned radio station, WERD, was on the second floor of the building.
“1949 to 1968, it’s the station Dr. Martin Luther King used,” de Forest said. “No white station would let a Negro come on and say where to boycott or coordinate logistics for the Civil Rights Movement, so WERD is crucial.”
De Forest decided to incorporate the music aspect into the space, with a donated collection of nearly 15,000 records.
Inside the museum, photos of prominent Black artists line the walls and hang from the ceiling.
“These are some of the individuals that would have gone to WERD back in the day,” he said.
Everything in the museum represents a puzzle piece that de Forest put together in his own artistic way to show the history.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A suspect is wanted in connection to a Friday night shooting on a MARTA train, according to the MARTA Police Department.
The shooting happened at the Midtown MARTA station on 10th Street. MARTA police said shots were fired on a stopped train on the southbound platform.
“Hid between the cars in case the guy wanted to come back,” shared a witness, Devonte Render. “Just heard three shots, and we all got down on the train car I was on. And then we didn’t hear anything after that.”
“We’re about to move up and then all of the sudden we heard pop, pop, pop, and then we hit the ground,” mentioned another witness, Chelsea Mensah.
A man was found with gunshot wounds to his arm and leg. He was taken to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition.
Police have not provided a description of the suspect but said they believe it was a targeted incident.
The seconds after the shooting dragged on like hours for passengers in the railcar next to it, leaving many traumatized.
“I’m like god, I can’t die here, I literally started shaking,” said Mensah.
“For this to happen on the train, I’ve never seen that in my life,” said Render.
The shooting comes just a day after the federal government launched an investigation into the public transit agency after two stabbings, one of which was deadly.
The recent violent acts have heightened fears among MARTA riders like Mensah, prompting calls for action beyond the new entry-point upgrades at Midtown Station.
“Definitely needs to be more invested into security, not even cops, just to make it better and more secure,” said Mensah.
MARTA under federal investigation over system’s security and safety
It also comes as Atlanta prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of people to the city for the World Cup, which the city is set to host a number of matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Most fans are expected to take public transportation to get there.
This is a developing story. Check back with Atlanta News First for updates.
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The FIFA World Cup is set to kick off in Atlanta in 10 days.
Nine teams will play group-stage matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but the U.S. men’s national team is not one of them. The USMNT’s group stage takes place in Los Angeles and Seattle, but that doesn’t mean Atlanta has no chance of seeing the national team in person.
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