Updated March 20, 2020 Last night, Netflix released a 4-part miniseries entitled, “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer. Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman, an expert on Madam C.J. Walker and philanthropy in communities of color, has been studying Walker and black women’s philanthropy for a decade. He provided… Read more »
In our third post about philanthropy in America and in Myth #4 of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s article “Eight Myths of U.S. Philanthropy,” Dr. Tyrone Freeman, assistant professor of philanthropic studies and director of undergraduate programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, illustrates that African Americans are not new or emerging donors. Instead, he… Read more »