Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving
eBook - ePub

Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving

Black Women's Philanthropy during Jim Crow

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eBook - ePub

Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving

Black Women's Philanthropy during Jim Crow

About this book

Winner of the
  • AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2021
  • Terry McAdam Book Award, given by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management
  • 2023 Peter Dobkin Hall History of Philanthropy Prize from the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). 

Founder of a beauty empire, Madam C. J. Walker was celebrated as America's first self-made female millionaire in the early 1900s. Known as a leading African American entrepreneur, Walker was also devoted to an activist philanthropy aimed at empowering African Americans and challenging the injustices inflicted by Jim Crow.

Tyrone McKinley Freeman's biography highlights how giving shaped Walker's life before and after she became wealthy. Poor and widowed when she arrived in St. Louis in her twenties, Walker found mentorship among black churchgoers and working black women. Her adoption of faith, racial uplift, education, and self-help soon informed her dedication to assisting black women's entrepreneurship, financial independence, and activism. Walker embedded her philanthropy in how she grew her business, forged alliances with groups like the National Association of Colored Women, funded schools and social service agencies led by African American women, and enlisted her company's sales agents in local charity and advocacy work.

Illuminating and dramatic, Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving broadens our understanding of black women's charitable giving and establishes Walker as a foremother of African American philanthropy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by A’Lelia Bundles
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Making Madam C. J. Walker
  9. 2 Opportunity
  10. 3 Education
  11. 4 Activism
  12. 5 Material Resources
  13. 6 Legacy
  14. Conclusion
  15. Epilogue: Madam C. J. Walker and African American Philanthropy in the Twenty-First Century
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. Photographs follow page 129
  20. Backcover