Award-Winning Book
that’s taking the industry by storm
With These Hands is an inspiring story of the
life of Selena, who, as a young girl in 1941,
arrived in the big windy City of Chicago on
a bus from Memphis, Tennessee by way of
Clarksdale, Mississippi. She carried all that
she owned in her two hands; her new baby
girl in one arm, her suitcase and handmade
quilt was in her other arm. Away from her
mother, family and everything considered
home, for the first time in her young life,
Selena had no idea what the future held for
her … but God knew.
“Selena was the baddest chick to ever pick up a curling iron, but she was a legend
when I started in the business.” –Ernest Daurham, D’orum Products
“I lived in the Chatham neighborhood as a teenager. Miss Selena’s shop on 83rd street
was a hub for business in the community, and I remember thinking of her as a modern
day “Madame CJ Walker”. –Senator Carol Mosley Braun
“Oh I have many memories about Selena’s; it was across the street from the Tivoli
(Theatre). I had many girlfriends who had their hair done at Selena’s House of Beauty!
Back in the day black beauticians had reputations akin to singers and boxers today
and that’s why you went to their shops. Some of these beauticians had really big names
and were crowded because of their name and the quality of their work. Selena’s of
course was rated among the best! –Herb Kent the Cool Gent, H. K. the DJ,
Herbie Baby, Chicago’s Legendary V103 DJ
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