Indiana Legends: Madam C. J. Walker - Two Dollars and a Dream

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The child of slaves freed by the Civil War, Madam C. J. Walker became America's first self-made millionaire. She was an orphan at age 6, a mother at 14, and widowed by the time she was 20. Interweaving social, economic and political history, this documentary tells the story of Madam C. J. Walker and offers a view of black America from 1867 to the 1930s.