Rags-to-riches entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and her daughter, A’Lelia Walker, built one of the most successful African American hair care businesses in American history. But it was only after ...

It’s one thing to learn that your great-great-grandmother was known as the “first self-made female millionaire” in the United States. But when you’re a teenager, you may be more interested in the ...

If you stand just past High School Hill on Route 9 in Irvington, N.Y., and look west toward the Hudson River, you'll see a beautiful white house with lots of columns and terra cotta tiles that evoke a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A'Lelia Walker is profiled in "Joy Goddess," a new biography by her great-great granddaughter, bestselling author and journalist, ...

The Dark Tower, a cultural salon created by A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of haircare icon Madam C.J. Walker, was a mythic place from the start. During the Harlem Renaissance, it quickly became a hot ...

On June 6, 2025, the 140th anniversary of A'Lelia Walker's birth in Delta, Louisiana, A'Lelia Bundles sent an email: "With a nod to her childhood in St. Louis, I'm posting a clip of W.C. Handy's "St.

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.

Madame CJ Walker's granddaughter, Fairy Mae Bryant, eventually went on to take over the family business, as portrayed in Netflix's Self-Made. Fairy Mae was adopted by A'Lelia Walker at age 15. Fairy ...

The biographer’s Joy Goddess (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and heiress to the Walker hair care fortune. How ...

In "Joy Goddess," journalist and historian A’Lelia Bundles brings to life a fascinating and misunderstood figure of the early 20th century. A’Lelia Walker was more than a glamorous socialite. She was ...