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Bundles' mother, A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles (1928-1976), vice president of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company and active in local and state Democratic politics, also served as a member of the Washington Township School Board and was a fiscal administrator with the City of Indianapolis. Madam C.J. Walker's Irvington, NY mansion was named after A'Lelia. When Madam C.J moved to New York to be closer to her daughter she purchased a mansion in Irvington, New York for $250,000 (which.

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A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles. Created by: John C. Anderson. Added: 27 Dec 2009. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 45896708. Source citation. Born on 22 Sep 1928. Died on 5 Jan 1976. Buried in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Biography. Digital Archive. Award-winning news producer and author A'Lelia Bundles was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 7, 1952. After graduating high school in Indianapolis, Bundles went on to Harvard University, earning her A.B. in 1974, and then to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, earning an M.S.J. in 1976. A'Lelia Bundles is the author of four books about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother, including On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, the biography that inspired "Self Made," the four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer. The 2020 edition of this New York Times Notable Book is renamed Self Made. A'Lelia Bundles is the author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker - a New York Times Notable Book about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother - the fact-based biography that was the inspiration for Self Made, a fictional four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer. Her fifth book, Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, a biography.

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A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles, A'Lelia Perry Bundles and S. Henry Bundles 1955 (www.aleliabundles.com) My personal focus in celebrating the Walker legacy is the sharing of information about the lives of Madam Walker (1867-1919) and A'Lelia Walker (1885-1931) with students, scholars, journalists, museums, universities and entrepreneurs. On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale, definitive biography of Madam C. J. Walker — the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist — by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles. The daughter of slaves, Madam C. J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for. An award-winning journalist and author, A'Lelia is the author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, founder of the Madam Walker Family Archives and brand historian for MADAM by Madam C. J. Walker, a line of hair care products developed in partnership with Sundial Brands and Walmart.A former network television executive and producer at ABC News and NBC News, she. The new Netflix miniseries, "Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker," has sparked a renewed interest in the life of the famed entrepreneur, and A'Lelia Bundles is grateful for it. "Millions of people now know who Madam Walker is," Bundles, who wrote the biography that inspired the four-part miniseries about the cosmetics.

A'Lelia Walker sent this telegram to Mae and Marion on the day A'Lelia

Author to speak on famous family, overcoming challenges. May 3, 2018. Image - 1:View print quality image about A'Lelia Bundles poses for a picture. Author A'Lelia Bundles will represent Madam Walker's legacy at IUPUI's commencement. She is the great-great-granddaughter of the renowned entrepreneur, who worked out of downtown Indianapolis. A'Lelia's only child was her adopted daughter, Mae Walker. Mae was president from 1931 until she died in 1945. Mae's daughter, A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles, then became president of the company. A'Lelia Bundles (great granddaughter) A'Lelia Walker (born Lelia McWilliams; June 6, 1885 - August 17, 1931) was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C. J. Walker, popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the first African American. BUNDLES, A'Lelia PerryBUNDLES, A'Lelia Perry. American, b. 1952. Genres: Biography. Career: Producer for NBC News in Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, Houston, TX, and NYC.

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A'Lelia Bundles' mother, A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles (1928-1976), was a member of the Washington Township School Board, a fiscal administrator for the City of Indianapolis, and vice president of the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She was also engaged in local and state democratic politics. For Immediate Release Feb 1, 2022. INDIANAPOLIS - Award-winning author and journalist A'Lelia Bundles has been named the inaugural Center for Africana Studies and Culture Prestigious Fellow in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Image - 1:View print quality image about headshot of A'Lelia Bundles. A'Lelia Bundles. Photo by Anya Chibis.