‘Fearless warrior’: Activist, trailblazer Audrey Harvey remembered for strengthening both Schenectady, state | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 As she puts it, the first-born daughter watched her mother do something revolutionary. “Mom decided that she was going to do the Black Telecom program with her natural hair,” Harvey-Salaam said. “That was a radical act. Her ‘natural’ was soft and full, with a portion that was silver in the center of her head. After observing her fluffing the hair, I suggested that we create a star, so I molded it, creating an image that she kept throughout her career. When she returned home after the show she was glowing and the phone began to ring, with many different reactions to her boldness. She turned to me and said, ‘You see the power of hair?’ Simple as that… I understood that she was empowering me to be all that I dreamed.”