The daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, A’Lelia Walker was the Kelis of the Harlem Renaissance. The arts patron, who loved expensive cars and jewelry. Her legendary “The Dark Tower,” salons (where the County Cullen Library now sits on 136th Street at Lenox Avenue, around the corner from the Shomburg Center for Research), included the sparkling literati of the thriving 1920s black arts movement, including gays and lesbians, wealthy whites who trekked to Harlem. (At one party, the heiress served pigs’ feet to white folks and caviar to black folks.) Langston Hughes called the glamorous, 6-foot beauty the “joy goddess.”
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I just wanted to inform you and your readers of this very important fact – Madame C.J. Walker’s historic company still exists today and has never stopped manufacturing all of the original hair oils! Anyone who visits our website at http://www.madamewalker.net can view and purchase the full product line. The website also contains valuable information about Raymond Randolph’s purchase of the original Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company in 1985 from the Walker Trustees in Indianapolis, Indiana and how his family continues to keep Madame Walker’s “true” legacy alive. Due to our ownership of Madame’s historic company and the historical documents and memorabilia of the company, the Randolph Family can provide the most detailed and historically sound information about Madame C.J. Walker and her company by calling toll free, 866-552-2838 or going to the contact us page of our website.
Angela Randolph
http://www.madamewalker.net
Angela,
Thank you
HW
Maybe someone can do a radio interview with us for an update?
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To Harlem World – We would be happy to do a radio interview with you regarding Madame C.J. Walker’s company and product line. Please contact us by calling toll free 866-552-2838 to make the arrangements.
Thank You
Angela Randolph
http://www.madamewalker.net
What a provocative headline, though I think Kelis has to live a bit more life to be as interesting as A’Lelia Walker
As Walker’s great-granddaughter and biographer (and namesake), I’d love to share with you and your readers what I know about A’Lelia Walker’s life and the research I’ve gathered for the new biography I’m currently writing about her. Langston Hughes called her the “joy goddess of Harlem’s 1920s” because of the fantastic parties she hosted at The Dark Tower, her salon on 136th Street. Her role as a patron of the arts who supported of actors, musicians, writers and artists helped define the Harlem Renaissance. Her 1921 trip to Europe, Ethiopia and Egypt made headlines. In my role as president of the Madam Walker/A’Lelia Walker Family Archives (the largest private collection of Walker photographs, business records, clothing, furniture, memorabilia and personal artifacts) and also as Madam C. J. Walker’s biographer, I proudly celebrate the Walker women’s legacy through books, speeches and other activities. I hope you and your readers will visit our websites.
A’Lelia Bundles
http://www.aleliabundles.com
http://www.madamcjwalker.com
http://www.madamwalkerfamilyarchives.wordpress.com
http://www.walkertheatre.com
Author, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker