By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-self-made-story-of-american-millionaire-madam-c-j-walker Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio America's first self-made female millionaire was Madam C.J. Walker, an African American who rose from domestic labor to her own beauty empire in the early 1900s. Now, Walker is the inspiration for a Netflix limited series, "Self Made," starring Octavia Spencer and Blair Underwood. Hari Sreenivasan talks to the actors and Walker descendant A'Lelia Bundles, off of whose book the show is based. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Apr 20, 2020 By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program. @hari