with Brenda Simmons, Executive Director, Southampton African American Museum

Join us for an intimate chat with A’Lelia Bundles, award-winning journalist and author of the biography, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, her great-great grandmother. This nonfiction work was the inspiration behind the Netflix series, Self –Made, starring Octavia Spencer. Ms. Bundles will discuss her career and the research she has done on the amazing women in her family. As part of the celebration of the Juneteenth holiday, Ms. Bundles will be the Keynote speaker at the Southampton African American Museum on Friday, June 17.