After she couldn't find a solution for her own hair loss, the self-made millionaire took matters into her own hands.

*Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer says one of the ways she plans to challenge Hollywood’s diversity problem is by optioning books, and of special note, one of them is a book on Madam C. J. Walker.

A hair-care entrepreneur, she was the richest, best-known Black woman of her day Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Reviewed by Charles Potters Madam C.J. Walker leveraged her salon expertise to create a ...

Madam C.J. Walker, the first documented self-made woman millionaire, will soon have a doll in her honor as part of the Barbie Signature Inspiring Women collection. She is the latest historical figure ...

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 ...

The Madame CJ Walker Theatre Center is hosting the wildy successful and incredibly witty Bethenny Frankel on Monday as part of their 2015 Women’s Month/Madame Walker Day Celebration. The event is ...

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, ...

Sunlight pours through her window as A’Lelia Bundles places a large gift box on her dining-room table in her Washington home. She lifts the lid and unfolds thin, crinkled paper, unwrapping delicate ...

Ifirst met A'Lelia Bundles in 1993 in Seneca, N.Y., when her great-great-grandmother Madam C.J. Walker, the legendary black entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist, was inducted into the ...

A'Lelia Bundles inspires us to actually do what we sometimes think about doing. Like sorting out our family stories. Placing them within the context of social, cultural, economic, historical issues to ...