Audio / Video Sources

Audio/Video Sources
Related Websites on the Internet:

www.madamcjwalker.com
          This is the most reliable and accurate source of information about Madam Walker
          on the Internet.

www.IndianaHistory.org and http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/IHS?query=Madam+Walker

The Madam Walker Collection, which includes extensive primary source documents about Madam Walker's life and business, is housed at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis, IN. Wilma Moore is the senior archivist of African American Collections.

www.walkertheatre.com
          (The Madame Walker Theatre Center in Indianapolis)
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
          Go to “Two American Entrepreneurs:  Madam C. J. Walker and

          J. C. Penney” (National Park Service “Teaching with Historic Places”)

          Please be careful when you do research on the Internet about Madam Walker.
          There is a lot of misinformation on the web.

  Audio

RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH A’LELIA BUNDLES ABOUT MADAM WALKER

NPR
Fresh Air
Hear this NPR Fresh Air interview with A’Lelia Bundles as she discusses On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=15-Feb-2001
February 15, 2001

NPR
Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg
In Part III of her Beauty Series, Susan Stamberg interviews A’Lelia Bundles about Madam Walker and Beauty
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3025036
June 29, 2004

WAMU
Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi
A’Lelia Bundles discusses On Her Own Ground. Scroll down to the March 2, 2001 interview.
http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/01/03/02.php
March 2, 2001

NPR
The Tavis Smiley Show
“A Second Renaissance for Harlem” includes a segment about Madam Walker and an interview with A’Lelia Bundles
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1494405

Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2007-01-27-voa1.cfm
January 27, 2007

Wisconsin Public Radio
To the Best of Our Knowledge

“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” is an hour long program about hair care and baldness in the history of civilization. A’Lelia’s interview is from 17:35 to 28:28
http://www.wpr.org/book/020428b.htm#%20segment%202

Wisconsin Public Radio
Conversations with Jean Feraca

To find the April 23, 2001 interview with A’Lelia Bundles, use the search box at http://www.wpr.org/search/index.cfm

Videos and Films

• Listen to A’Lelia Bundles at these video links
  The History Makers
  View this interview with A'Lelia Bundles from The History Makers website:

  http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=489

  Library of Congress/Resourceful Women Symposium
  Resourceful Women , a Library of Congress symposium, features noted scholars discussing women's history and the resources of the Library of Congress. A'Lelia Bundles joins Eleanor Roosevelt biographer Alida Black , Indiana University professor Joanne Passet and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study fellow Susan Ware for a discussion on women's biography. Hear Bundles's June 19, 2003 thirteen minute presentation at http://www.loc.gov/rr/women/bundles.html

  TAPES

  Charles Wright Museum in Detroit
  A’Lelia Bundles kicks off the book tour for On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker at Detroit’s Charles Wright Museum on January 27, 2001. Order from C-Span at
  http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=162530-1

  A Walk Through Harlem
  A Walk Through Harlem with David Hartman and Barry Lewis provides a walking tour through Harlem . A'Lelia Bundles discusses Madam Walker. Order the tape at http://www.thirteen.org/harlem/highlights2.html
   

  National Press Club Book Fair

  A’Lelia Bundles is interviewed at the NPC Book Fair in Washington, DC on November 8, 2001.
  Order from C-Span at http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=167579-4

  Virginia Festival of the Book
  A’Lelia Bundles appears on a panel with other biographers at the March 23, 2002 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia. Order from C-Span at http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=169383-1

  Guardians of History
  A’Lelia Bundles appears on a panel with Adam Clayton Powell III, Christopher Foreman and Donzaleigh Abernathy at the University of Rochester on October 22, 2005. Order from C-Span at
  http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=189515-1

  Two Dollars and a Dream

  Two Dollars and a Dream , the award-winning film by MacArthur Grant recipient Stanley Nelson, first aired on PBS in 1987. Order the film at www.filmakers.com/indivs/TwoDollarsDream.htm
  To view a clip of Two Dollars and a Dream, go to www.firelightmedia.org or click on http://www.firelightmedia.org/flash/mainflash2.html

  Madam C. J. Walker/Schlessinger Video

  Madam C. J. Walker is a 30-minute video that serves as a companion to Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur , the young adult biography by A'Lelia Bundles. Order from http://www.libraryvideo.com/

  Beauty in a Jar/A&E Network
  Beauty in a Jar , a 2003 A&E documentary, explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of American beauty culture. A'Lelia Bundles discusses Madam C. J. Walker's role as a pioneer of the hair care industry. (Distributed by LibraryVideo.com) This video may no longer be available. http://www.libraryvideo.com/

  Susan B. Anthony Slept Here
  Susan B. Anthony Slept Here , a one-hour documentary hosted by ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr, features a segment about Madam Walker that was taped at Villa Lewaro, Walker 's Irvington-on-Hudson , NY mansion. A'Lelia Bundles is interviewed. Order this video at http://www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/avcatalog/87820.htm

  CBS Sunday Morning/ “A Black Woman Who Meant Business”

  This CBS Sunday Morning segment features A'Lelia Bundles discussing Madam Walker and On Her Own Ground . This February 11, 2001 tape no longer is available. This video may no longer be available. Archival order information: http://www.cbsnews.com/ stories/2001/02/10/sunday/main271029.shtml

  HGTV Documentary
  Designing for History: The Madame Walker Show House, a HGTV production, provides a tour of Villa Lewaro, Madam Walker's Irvington-on-Hudson , NY mansion during the weeks when it was a UNCF designer showhouse in 1998. The video may no longer be available at the HGTV on-line store. http:store.hgtv.com/shop/product.asp?product_code=HG2070&search_type=search&search.htm

  Turner Broadcasting/Southern Living
  View this interview with A'Lelia Bundles as she discusses Madam Walker on this February 2002 episode of Southern Living on the Turner South Network a
  http://www.turnersouth.com/video/player/0,,575,00.htm

  Transcripts

  CNN Morning News
  CNN Morning News anchor Daryn Kagan interviews A’Lelia Bundles about her book, On Her Own Ground on February 16, 2001. Read the transcript at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/16/mn.04.html
   

Please note:

We do not recommend novels or other fictional accounts of Madam Walker's life because of the inaccurate information which they may contain.
The Madam Walker Papers are located at the Indiana Historical Society Library in Indianapolis, Indiana. Wilma Gibbs is the archivist who oversees the collection.

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