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 on display in the exhibition at a Saturday Members Only session and on Sunday in a public talk.
A'Lelia will talk about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance at the Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival.
A'Lelia will sign copies of Joy Goddess and On Her Own Ground at Edgartown Books.
Join A'Lelia for a virtual conversation about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance with members of the Hoosier Authors Club From the Hoosier Authors Book Club website: Dubbed […]
A'Lelia and Nicholas Tedesco, President & CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, discuss "Stewarding the Philanthropic Legacy of Madam C. J. Walker and A'Lelia Walker" during the Smithsonian's […]
A'Lelia will take the stage at Ashley N. Kirkwood's SOLD OUT Black Women Sell Live conference with panelists Linda Clemons (Sisterpreneur founder) and Liza Mickens (great-great-granddaughter of Richmond, VA banker […]
A'Lelia speaks about her books -- Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance and On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker -- at […]
A’Lelia will join panelists Nicole Martinez-LeGrand and Kisha Tandy in a conversation, moderated by Tamara Winfrey-Harris, about reimagining the next 250 years of our nation’s history. From the Free Press […]