I think a lot of times, the historical piece is often a way to comment on the present. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
We live in a culture where European beauty standards are dominant. — A'Lelia Bundles Beauty Copy Share Image
I wrote my first report about Madam Walker when I was a senior in high school in 1970. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
People will buy products for quality, and they will buy products for bargains. — A'Lelia Bundles Bargains 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
Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I was like other teenagers in the late 1960s; I too was very interested in having an Afro and getting rid of… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
There are literally hundreds of stories about women of color that haven't been told that are amazing, fantastic, better than anything else. — A'Lelia Bundles Amazing Copy Share Image
As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people… — A'Lelia Bundles Business Copy Share Image
I love people who have really long locs. I love how they can go in different directions or pile it up into… — A'Lelia Bundles Crown Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Don't sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come. — A'Lelia Bundles 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
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
I'd seen how 'Green Book' had been a box-office hit, but left pianist Don Shirley's family feeling betrayed because his life and… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
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 Black women Copy Share Image
What grows from our head is something that we should love. The larger society can love it or not, but it's not… — A'Lelia Bundles Decision Copy Share Image
Madam Walker was an incredible woman, but she wasn't the only one of her time who was. She just took it to… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
The saying was that Madam Walker made the money, and her daughter - my great-grandmother - spent it. — A'Lelia Bundles Children Copy Share Image
For all my life, I've been trying to tell Madam's story and really it's a labor of love just to make sure… — A'Lelia Bundles Empowerment Copy Share Image
Wearing your hair natural is a positive statement about who you are. It's not a protest to somebody else. It's affirming you. — A'Lelia Bundles Hair Copy Share Image
There are schools that have rules against afro puffs. They say it's distracting. But nobody is saying that about a little girl… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
