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As her prominence and wealth increased, she became a generous benefactor of black educational institutions and such a staunch supporter of the anti-lynching movement that the State Department labeled her a \"race agitator\" and denied her a passport in 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor and veteran television journalist A'Lelia Bundles is a descendant of Madam Walker. On Her Own Ground is the first comprehensive biography of one of recent history's most amazing entrepreneurs and philanthropists, a woman who is truly an African American icon. Drawn from more than two decades of exhaustive research, the book is enriched by the author's exclusive access to personal letters, records, and never-before-seen photographs from the family collection. Bundles also showcases Walker's complex relationship with her daughter, A'Lelia Walker, a celebrated hostess of the Harlem Renaissance and renowned friend to both Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. 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