Madam C.J. Walker, Narrated by A’Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and author of acclaimed biographies telling the stories of the civic-minded business women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker.
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Notes
Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.
Madam C. J. Walker by Addison N. Scurlock circa 1914. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of A’Lelia Bundles/Walker Family
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. “Madam C. J. Walker driving a car” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6f1734d0-c5f2-012f-eab5-58d385a7bc34
If not for 250 to 250, I would never have learned about this impressive woman! I wish I could have known her. Thank you for bringing her story to me.
Incredible quote on the meaning of love of country!