“This natural-hair movement has opened up the door for us to do so many...” — Richelieu Dennis Quote

“This natural-hair movement has opened up the door for us to do so many things, for us to have conversations that we weren't able to have. We need this in our communities.”

“Once a company develops out of its consumer base, you will often see a well-funded multinational company come in and take over that space. The black-owned company either stays a niche company or just disappears. This is something we don't want to happen.”

“You could say I was born into entrepreneurship. My grandmother, who was from Sierra Leone, was left to raise four children in the 1940s in a rural village in West Africa after becoming a young widow. To support her family, she made natural skin and hair care preparations and sold them primarily to missionaries and villagers.”

“I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific.”

“'What I would give,' I thought, 'to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on topics significant and ordinary, to observe the Lincoln White House from such an intimate perspective.'”

“I have always had open conversations with Shahid. He would discuss what he felt as a performer, and I would talk to him about his performances.”