Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women's Philanthropy During Jim Crow.

Tyrone McKinley Freeman
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Leave it to a self-made female millionaire and entrepreneur to show us what her style of generosity might look like.  The mother of someone who shaped the  Harlem Renaissance, Walker and those influenced by her changed how beauty shops and professional stylists could advance their own lives and entire communities through the science and art of beauty curriculum. Written by a professor of philanthropic studies, we learn more about Walker’s resolve for the elevation of other black women entrepreneurs, influencing others to do the same. 


Indiana History

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  • Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women's Philanthropy During Jim Crow.


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  • African Americans in Indianapolis:Tthe Story of a People Determined to be Free


  • Indiana and the Great Flood of 1913


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  • Indianapolis Then and Now


  • Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes & Heroines


  • Fighting Hoosiers: Indiana in Two World Wars


  • Dreams of Duneland: A Pictorial History of Indiana


  • The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland


  • The Terror of Indiana Bent Jones & The Moody-Tolliver Feud


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