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"We're live!" Clockwise from top left: Dale Akinla, WCF Board Chair; Tyrone McKinley Freeman, author; Laura Rossi, WCF executive director.
Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: A Foundation Webinar
Recently we invited author Tyrone McKinley Freeman for a conversation about his new biography of Madam C. J. Walker. The daughter of enslaved parents, Walker became a successful entrepreneur, effective philanthropist, and America’s first
self-made female millionaire during the Jim Crow era, when opportunities were limited for African Americans. She was a philanthropist, though, long before she became wealthy.
Freeman talks about his exploration of Black women's philanthropy on our webinar and what he learned from Madam Walker. “Generosity," he says,"is ultimately a form of hope. We give as an expression of the possibilities to which we aspire and that we want to make real." MORE ...
Listen to the webinar audio here.

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