Flashback: Villa Lewaro, Madam Walker’s New York Estate

Madam Walker agents at their 1924 convention

View Part One of the video: HGTV Villa Lewaro

View all five parts.

In celebration of the United Negro College Fund’s 1998 Designer Showhouse at Villa Lewaro, Madam C. J. Walker’s Irvington-on-Hudson, NY estate, HGTV produced this hour documentary. You can learn more about the house at www.madamwalkerestate.com and on urban planner and preservationist Deena Parham’s blog Urban by Design.

You might also find a post about Madam Walker’s May 1919 funeral at Villa Lewaro on our Madam Walker/A’Lelia Walker Family Archives blog of interest.

For more information about Madam Walker, visit www.madamcjwalker.com

“Let Your Motto Be Resistance” Symposium

 
 

Descendants of Accomplished African Americans discuss their ancestors

Title:

“Let Your Motto Be Resistance” Symposium
Location: DuSable Museum 740 East 56th Place Chicago, IL 773-947-0600
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Description: A symposium featuring A’Lelia Bundles (Madam C. J. Walker and A’Lelia Walker family), Michelle Duster (Ida B. Wells family), Charlene Drew Jarvis (Dr. Charles Drew family) and Arthur McFarlane (W. E. B. DuBois family) discuss their ancestors contributions to entrepreneurship, medicine, intellectualism and activism in America.
Start Time: 5:30 p.m.
Date: 2011-02-18
End Time: 8:30 p.m.