A’Lelia Bundles, part of the Women Creating Change Leadership Council, is featured in Essence discussing the work of her great-grandmother, an activist, and great-great-grandmother, a self-made millionaire who developed hair products specifically for Black hair. In collaboration with Bundles, Sephora is now releasing its new Madam C.J. Walker line.

Last year, Bundles participated in the WCCLC fifth-year anniversary celebration. She is currently working on her fifth book, a biography of her great-grandmother entitled The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. She has also written On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, on her great-great-grandmother, A’Lelia Walker’s mother C.J. Walker.

Read the full Essence interview with A’Lelia Bundles on “the Walker legacy of sisterhood and philanthropy, and its current impact on the natural hair movement taking place today.”