It's very hard to be a kid, especially in a predominantly white school or white town where other people want to police… — A'Lelia Bundles Body Copy Share Image
As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status. — A'Lelia Bundles Beginning Copy Share Image
We buy too much stuff we just don't need. We're trying to look cute for next weekend when we ought to be… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
If you wear your hair straight or natural, it's all fine with me. It doesn't mean that you aren't politically conscious or… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
DuBois - my intellectual hero - had written an obit of Madam, praising her... I began to see Madam Walker beyond the… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
And mothers and daughters - mothers need to help their daughters love their hair. And some mothers know how to do this,… — A'Lelia Bundles Children Copy Share Image
To her credit, Madam Walker discerned that black women wanted to conform to white Victorian models of beauty. She was aware of… — A'Lelia Bundles Beauty Copy Share Image
She used her wealth and philanthropy to contribute to Black schools and colleges, she gave the largest gift the NAACP had ever… — A'Lelia Bundles Education Copy Share Image
By 1916, as Madam Walker herself was developing more assertive views on race, she was becoming eager to assume her place alongside… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
A'Lelia Walker did not subsidize specific writers, but she provided a place for all kinds of people to gather. She was one… — A'Lelia Bundles Money Copy Share Image
Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we… — A'Lelia Bundles Black community Copy Share Image
We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram… — A'Lelia Bundles Day Copy Share Image
For some people, success is a zero sum game. They think that if they push other people out of the way, fewer… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
She was born Sarah Breedlove on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, where her parents had been slaves. At 14, she married to… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really… — A'Lelia Bundles History Copy Share Image
There was a period of 10 years where the conventional wisdom was Black shows don't sell overseas, therefore nobody is interested. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I think Michelle Obama ought to wear her hair exactly the way she wants to wear her hair. I am not looking… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never… — A'Lelia Bundles History Copy Share Image
I know of at least two black women who are billionaires: Sheila Johnson, who co-founded BET, and Oprah Winfrey. And I know… — A'Lelia Bundles Billionaires Copy Share Image
One of the key things for me about Madame Walker's life is that she really does represent this first generation out of… — A'Lelia Bundles Black people Copy Share Image
We all draw inspiration from women whose names make the headlines and whose stories are in the history books, but often our… — A'Lelia Bundles Books Copy Share Image
So Madam C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower, when applied after shampooing the hair more frequently, allowed women's scalp to be healthier and… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Both my parents worked at the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, with my dad eventually being hired by another company called Summit… — A'Lelia Bundles Being Copy Share Image
Every ethnic group has a mythology... Until 'Roots'... there was nothing in the popular culture to refute the paragraph in elementary school… — A'Lelia Bundles Culture Copy Share Image
Madame Walker selected Indianapolis as the headquarters for her growing business more than a century ago in 1910 because of its central… — A'Lelia Bundles Business Copy Share Image
Why is she Mrs. C.J. Walker? It really was a matter of her trying to insist that people respect her, because during… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
From the beginning, Madam C. J. Walker's message was as much about hair and beauty as it was about empowering other women.… — A'Lelia Bundles Beauty Copy Share Image
Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by… — A'Lelia Bundles Motivational Copy Share Image
