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Ricci deForest, or better known as Ricci International in the beauty industry, sits outside of his beauty salon on Auburn Avenue and Hilliard Street. The space was one of Madam C.J. Walker’s original beauty shop locations and was also home to WERD, the first black-owned radio station that Martin Luther King Jr. often used for his announcements. Image by Evey Wilson