Madam C.J. Walker in the National Archives
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Uploaded by usnationalarchives on Feb 18, 2011
Madam C.J. Walker, one of the great American entrepreneurs of the early 20th century, was born to former slaves and grew up in destitution. Her great-great granddaughter -- A'Lelia Bundles -- tells Madam Walker's story with help from documents in the National Archives. Bundles -- a former broadcast network news executive and secretary of the Foundation for the National Archives -- is the author of "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker." She drew on documents in the Archives to depict the Louisiana plantation on which Madam Walker was born, Walker's early life as an orphan and washerwoman, and ultimately her triumph as one of the creators of the modern hair care and cosmetics industry. Bundles also found some surprises in the Archives: Madam Walker's philanthropy and civil rights activism led to her being targeted by the federal government as a "subversive negro."
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This is EXCELLENT. She was more than a maker of hair products: she was a self-made millionaire entrepreneur who empowered others in a time when financial independence was even more critical than it is today. And she was a self-made millionaire when very, very few could say the same. Very inspirational.
evethezealot 1 year ago