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Article: The Hair Way To Success; The Business Dynasty Of Madame Walker
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 22, 1988
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When she was growing up in Indianapolis, A'lelia Bundles knew the
Walker Building was named for her great-great-grandmother. She knew
the china her family used at Christmas and Thanksgiving belonged to
that same great-great-grandmother. The lavish gowns that belonged to
her great-grandmother gave some clues to the grand life she had led.
As a child she used her great-grandmother's custom-made bed as a
trampoline.
But it wasn't until Bundles was in high school that she
understood how legendary her relatives were.
Bundles' great-great-grandmother Madame C.J. Walker-born Sarah
Breedlove in 1867 in Delta, La., the daughter of former slaves-built
a hair products empire that gave thousands of ...