MODERATOR: Jessica McDani el
\nA&rsquo\;Lelia Bundles is the author of Joy Goddess: A&rsquo\;Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance \, the first major biography of her great-grandmother\, and of On H er Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker\, a New York T imes Notable Book about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother. Bundl es is a former ABC News executive\, an Emmy-winning NBC News producer\, fo under of the Madam Walker Family Archives\, and a member of several nonpro fit boards including Harvard&rsquo\;s Schlesinger Library.
\nJuani ta Tolliver is an MSNBC political analyst\, an opinion contributor for TheGrio\, and a contributor for SiriusXM Progress. Previously\, she serve d as the director of campaigns at the Center for American Progress. She is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts Universit y\, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
\nJoy Goddess: A&rsquo\;Lelia Walker and the Harlem Ren aissance is a vibrant\, nuanced\, deeply researched biography of a wom an whose glamorous soirees helped define uptown New York&rsquo\;s cultural and social scene during the 1920s. Best known as the only child of hair c are entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker\, she was an internationally famous he iress and arts patron in her own right\, who entertained the era&rsquo\;s most famous artists\, writers\, musicians and actors at her Dark Tower sal on.
\nA More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahan n Carroll Reshaped Politics spotlights the legendary party hosted by l egendary actress and singer Diahann Carroll for New York Representative Sh irley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign (the first such campaign for a Black woman)\, which changed the playing field for Black women in politic s. Zooming in on one party attendee per chapter\, A More Perfect Party brings this whimsical event out of the margins of history to demonstra te that there is an opportunity for all of us to fight for a better nation and return power to the people.
\nSponsored by ESSE Pur se Museum &\; Store with additional support from the CALS Distinguished Lecture Fund in honor of Betsey Wright
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