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"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

People Police Hair Body

"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

Hair Parents Dad Manufacturing

"I have lived almost seven decades. So I've had my hair journey where I wasn't comfortable with my hair."

A'Lelia Bundles

Journey Hair Comfortable Lived

"Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we know about her in the black community because everybody gets their hair done."

A'Lelia Bundles

Women Community Black Hair

"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."

A'Lelia Bundles

I Am Hair Way Looking

"And mothers and daughters - mothers need to help their daughters love their hair. And some mothers know how to do this, and some mothers help their daughters love their hair."

A'Lelia Bundles

Love Hair Know Daughters

"Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products."

A'Lelia Bundles

Amazing Hair Care Legacy

"As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into the business."

A'Lelia Bundles

Business People Hair Care

"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 their hair to grow back. That was her most popular product."

A'Lelia Bundles

Women Grow Hair Back

"I was like other teenagers in the late 1960s; I too was very interested in having an Afro and getting rid of the perm that was in my hair."

A'Lelia Bundles

Getting Hair Late Like

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