“ON HER OWN GROUND”

A’Lelia Bundles, 64, is a former Emmy award winning producer and executive with ABC and NBC news. She is a trustee of Columbia University and serves as the Chair and President of the Board of Directors of the National Archives Foundation.

 A’Lelia grew up in Indiana and was named after her great grandmother, A’Lelia Walker, a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.  Her book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker, has received awards and accolades and she is currently at work on another biography about the amazing women in her family.