Click this link to register From the AHC website: Drawing on extensive research and personal correspondence, A’Lelia Bundles presents a nuanced biography of a woman navigating life as a wife, mother, businesswoman, and patron outside the shadow of her famous mother’s legacy. With vivid detail, Joy Goddess brings to life A’Lelia’s radiant personality, fashion-forward influence, and role […]
A'Lelia will talk about Madam C. J. Walker and A'Lelia Walker at Spelman's Black Beauty STEMinist Summit Click here for detailed agenda of the day From the Spelman website: The Black Beauty STEMinist is a platform for celebrating Black women in the cosmetics and personal care industry by creating a space to connect, learn, and […]
In celebration of Women's History Month, join us as journalist and author A'Lelia Bundles discusses her latest book—Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. During the 1920s, A’Lelia Walker (daughter of Madam C.J. Walker) was an internationally famous heiress whose glamorous soirees were so memorable that poet Langston Hughes dubbed her “the joy goddess […]
A'Lelia will join biographers Jeffrey Boutwell and Hester Kaplan -- who also have written about family members -- on a panel moderated by Pulitzer Prize winner Megan Marshall. The event is hybrid and free of charge. An in-person reception will begin at 4:15 PM. Click here to register From the MHS website: This panel discussion […]
Panel: “Your Story, Your Way” You have a tale to tell, your own or one that’s been in your family for years, but how should you tell it? In this panel, moderator Tre Johnson (Black Genius) talks to A’Lelia Bundles (Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance), Jeannie Vanasco (The Glass Eye), and Jennifer […]
Join the Kansas City Public Library for an inspiring evening celebrating the life and legacy of A’Lelia Walker, the “Joy Goddess of Harlem’s 1920s.” Author A’Lelia Bundles will share insights from her latest biography, exploring the lasting influence of the Walker family from St. Louis to the Harlem Renaissance and their impact on the arts, […]
PANEL: In the Right Hands: Biographers as Collectors Biographers can support their research by collecting important related material often overlooked on the market or in storerooms and unavailable in any repository or online. This panel will explore what authors have purchased, inherited, or been given, whether books, manuscripts, periodicals, ephemera, artworks, textiles, or objects, produced […]
A’Lelia Bundles returns to WMG to discuss her biography of her charismatic great-grandmother, Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. A‘Lelia Walker, best known as the only daughter of hair care entrepreneur, Madam C. J. Walker (whom Bundles memorialized earlier in On Her Own Ground), was a businesswoman and convener in her own right, whose glamorous […]
Joy Goddess August and September 2026 Events
As part of the Joyful Resistance exhibition, A'Lelia will talk about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance and the items from her Madam Walker Family Archives that are […]