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 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 […]