Audio/Video Sources

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 athttp://www.wpr.org/search/index.cfm

Videos and Films

• Listen to A’Lelia Bundles at these video links Walker’s Legacy/DC Commission for Women interview with Natalie Cofield
  January 27, 2010
  http://www.octt.dc.gov/services/on_demand_video/channel16/3143.asxThe History Makers
  View this interview with A’Lelia Bundles from The History Makers website:
  http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=489

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  Library of Congress/Resourceful Women SymposiumResourceful 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

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  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

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

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  National Press Club Book FairA’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

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  Virginia Festival of the BookA’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

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  Guardians of HistoryA’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 athttp://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=189515-1

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

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  Madam C. J. Walker/Schlessinger VideoMadam 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 fromhttp://www.libraryvideo.com/

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  Beauty in a Jar/A&E NetworkBeauty 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/

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  Susan B. Anthony Slept HereSusan 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

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  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

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  HGTV DocumentaryDesigning 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

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  Turner Broadcasting/Southern LivingView 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

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  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 athttp://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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