A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” is indeed a very fine book, a “vibrant, deeply researched biography” of the only ...

In a short twenty-year span, A’Lelia Bundles has written four biographies that document her larger-than-life, from rags-to-riches ancestors.

If you've seen Netflix's Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, then you know all about Sarah Breedlove (a.k.a. Madam C.J Walker), one of America's first self-made female millionaires.

Investopedia / Lara Antal Madam C.J. Walker (1867 to 1919) was an early 20th-century entrepreneur who created a successful business manufacturing and selling hair-care products for Black women.

As I explained in my memoir, Colored People, “So many black people still get their hair straightened that it’s a wonder we don’t have a national holiday for Madame C.J. Walker, who invented ...

Madam C.J. Walker was born to former slaves, orphaned, abused, widowed, raised a child alone — and still found a way to secure her place in the Guinness World Records as the first American woman ...

In American history, Madam C.J. Walker stands as an iconic figure who not only transformed her own life but also left an indelible mark on the hair industry. Born Sarah Breedlove 1867 to formerly ...

Madam C.J. Walker — an entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist — became the first Black woman millionaire in America. She was born Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867, on a Louisiana plantation ...