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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If a CEO takes an interest in you and he happens to be an Asian man, then that's great, but as an… — A'Lelia Bundles African american Copy Share Image
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… — A'Lelia Bundles Life Copy Share Image
I began to discover that, in addition to her stunning achievements, there were flaws as there would be in any person's life.… — A'Lelia Bundles Flaws Copy Share Image
You know the AME Church has a history of empowering black people and having an international outlook. So it was the women… — A'Lelia Bundles Black people Copy Share Image
For more than three years, I'd been part of a complex and frustrating dance as my nonfiction, fact-based material was translated from… — A'Lelia Bundles Book Copy Share Image
I hope that people will be inspired by Madam Walker's story. I hope that they will see her as a complex human… — A'Lelia Bundles 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
