A’Lelia Bundles is the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and author of her biography, “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker.” “As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into the business,” Bundles says.
(Photo: Frank Espich/The Star 2007 file photo)
In the early 1900s, Madam C.J. Walker turned her homemade recipes for hair and scalp-care products into a business empire that made her
