At a meeting of the National Negro Business League, Madam Walker explained that she was a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

And while they're harvesting cotton in this field,they're planting wheat in fields nearby.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Determined to leave the cotton fields of rural Tennessee for the bright lights of Chicago, Koko packed her bags and moved there with her future husband Robert Taylor.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18