A'Lelia Bundles — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker" (2001), named a New York Times' Notable Book.
Emmy-award winning national news producer with NBC News and ABC News.
Served as director of talent development and deputy bureau chief at ABC News.
Former board chair of the National Archives Foundation and former vice chairman of Columbia University board of trustees.
Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges (1974) and holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1976).

Biography

A'Lelia Bundles is an American journalist, news producer, and author, best known for her biographies of her great-great-grandmother, Madam C. J. Walker, and great-grandmother, A'Lelia Walker.

Her 2001 book, "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker," was named a New York Times' Notable Book and was adapted into the 2020 Netflix mini-series "Self Made" starring Octavia Spencer.