Houstonian Kim Roxie, owner of LAMIK Beauty, took her brand to HSN on Dec. 28, 2022 with host Marlo Smith. Roxie's line did so well on the live shopping network that she has been invited back on Feb. 9, 2023.

I would argue Houston is a more lucrative market for a beauty brand than Tulsa, Okla.

Our massive population, ethnic diversity and international port are selling points. But for business owners who have a greater connection to history and want to ensure we learn from it, there are other factors to consider, like legacy.

Houstonian Kim Roxie, founder and CEO of the first Black-owned beauty line carried by Ulta, has opened a storefront in Tulsa's Greenwood District, which was established by freed slaves and nicknamed the “Black Wall Street," the thriving hub of a Black middle class with robust grocery stores, doctor's offices, churches, hotels and other businesses.

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The 35-block neighborhood was the most prosperous Black community in America in 1920 during the oppressive Jim Crow era. It was also the site of one of the most brutal attacks on African Americans in U.S. history.

On June 1, 1921, an angry white mob........

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