The saying was that Madam Walker made the money, and her daughter – my great-grandmother – spent it. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
For more than three years, I’d been part of a complex and frustrating dance as my nonfiction, fact-based material was translated from book to movie by scriptwriters whose visions, goals and sensibilities often were quite different from mine. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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 relationships had been distorted. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 and our china for special occasions had been Madam Walker’s china… and the baby grand piano on which I learned to read music had been in A’Lelia Walker’s apartment in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
Don’t sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
What grows from our head is something that we should love. The larger society can love it or not, but it’s not their decision to make. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
