A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

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.'

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

You know the AME Church has a history of empowering black people and having an international outlook. So it was the women of the church who began to give Sarah Breedlove an image of herself as something other than an illiterate washerwoman, and she wanted to make her life better, and her daughter's life better.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

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.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really consigned to something trivial.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and entrepreneurship.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

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
A'Lelia Bundles

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. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

I generally only eat one meal a day, which is pretty unusual for a restaurant reviewer. It's not that I have a problem with food; I'll eat anything that doesn't involve a bet, a dare, or an initiation ceremony.

A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

There are five great ages of man - five moments when you need to reevaluate everything, clear out the cupboard and the wardrobe, and most importantly, your head. They are 13, 20, 30, 40 and 60. All men need to know this.

A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

Boredom is not a thing. It's not a feeling or a condition. It is the absence of feelings, things and conditions.