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Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she…

— Claire Denis

As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into…

— A'Lelia Bundles

A lot of people think Oprah is channeling for Madam Walker, and there are lots of parallels.

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very…

— A'Lelia Bundles

There is a core of people who know and love Madam C.J. Walker, but there's a much larger audience who don't really know about…

— A'Lelia Bundles

For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really consigned to…

— A'Lelia Bundles

By 1916, as Madam Walker herself was developing more assertive views on race, she was becoming eager to assume her place alongside Harlem's famous,…

— A'Lelia Bundles

I've always been fascinated by Madam Walker's ability to use her money for political causes. I find her story so inspires people that it…

— A'Lelia Bundles

As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in…

— A'Lelia Bundles

I hope that people will be inspired by Madam Walker's story. I hope that they will see her as a complex human being, and…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never heard of…

— A'Lelia Bundles

We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram on it…

— A'Lelia Bundles

I've found that once people are introduced to Madam Walker's story, they are inspired but also perplexed about why she was omitted from their…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil.

— A'Lelia Bundles