• I have lived almost seven decades. So I've had my hair journey where I wasn't comfortable with my hair.
    I have lived almost seven decades. So I've had my hair journey where I wasn't comfortable with my hair.
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  • I think Michelle Obama ought to wear her hair exactly the way she wants to wear her hair. I am not looking for Michelle Obama to cut her hair off like I have mine, very short. I'm not looking for her to do twists. I'm looking for her to wear what's comfortable for her.
    I think Michelle Obama ought to wear her hair exactly the way she wants to wear her hair. I am not looking for Michelle Obama to cut her hair off like I have mine, very short. I'm not looking for her to do twists. I'm looking for her to wear what's comfortable for her.
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  • One of the key things for me about Madame Walker's life is that she really does represent this first generation out of slavery when black people were reinventing themselves, and as a woman who was the first child in her family born free, she was trying to figure out a way, and she moved from Delta, Louisiana.
    One of the key things for me about Madame Walker's life is that she really does represent this first generation out of slavery when black people were reinventing themselves, and as a woman who was the first child in her family born free, she was trying to figure out a way, and she moved from Delta, Louisiana.
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  • Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.
    Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.
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  • I think a lot of times, the historical piece is often a way to comment on the present.
    I think a lot of times, the historical piece is often a way to comment on the present.
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  • There was a period of 10 years where the conventional wisdom was Black shows don't sell overseas, therefore nobody is interested.
    There was a period of 10 years where the conventional wisdom was Black shows don't sell overseas, therefore nobody is interested.
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  • If a CEO takes an interest in you and he happens to be an Asian man, then that's great, but as an African-American woman, you want to make sure that if the executive vice-president of the company is an African-American woman that you get to know her.
    If a CEO takes an interest in you and he happens to be an Asian man, then that's great, but as an African-American woman, you want to make sure that if the executive vice-president of the company is an African-American woman that you get to know her.
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  • Every ethnic group has a mythology... Until 'Roots'... there was nothing in the popular culture to refute the paragraph in elementary school history class that said, 'Slaves picked the cotton, were happy and life wasn't so bad.'
    Every ethnic group has a mythology... Until 'Roots'... there was nothing in the popular culture to refute the paragraph in elementary school history class that said, 'Slaves picked the cotton, were happy and life wasn't so bad.'
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  • Madame Walker was mythologized like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but I want to show that she was fabulous on her own.
    Madame Walker was mythologized like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but I want to show that she was fabulous on her own.
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  • Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.
    Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.
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