Madame Walker was mythologized like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but I want to show that she was fabulous on her own. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
Both my parents worked at the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, with my dad eventually being hired by another company called Summit Laboratories that made chemical hair straighteners. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
I love people who have really long locs. I love how they can go in different directions or pile it up into a big crown on the head. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
It’s very hard to be a kid, especially in a predominantly white school or white town where other people want to police your body and hair. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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 her. I think ‘Self Made’ will give people a window into her life. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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, influential and intriguing residents. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
She used her wealth and philanthropy to contribute to Black schools and colleges, she gave the largest gift the NAACP had ever received to it’s anti-lynching fund… Madam Walker’s life was one of transformation and re-invention. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
It takes a long time, I think, to get to the place where you realize you may love the hairstyle that somebody else has. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers. A'Lelia Bundles Read Quote
