Black hair history

West African braided hairstyles (traditional)

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I know the title of this article is a question that we as African Americans have thought about whether through frustration with a "bad hair" day or looking at someone's hair and wanting your own to look like or perform like theirs.

1910 Garrett Augustus Morgan, who also invented the traffic light. Invented a PERM for hair. He called his hair product “hair refining cream” which he patented.Many people mistakenly believe
Madame CJ Walker invented the hair relaxer technique, but, to her credit, she
invented several creams, balms and an improved hot comb.

Hair has such influence on women; among black girls, in particular, you can be sure that hair has a spiritual quality that transforms our ...

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The Repair Campaign on Instagram: "Closing off our takeover by @knowyourcaribbean, with a week of stories of resistance, we have a look at 3 ways enslaved women used their hair to resist. We have so much more history and contemporary news to share, especially if you believe in Reparations - so stick with us and don’t forget to sign the petition for Reparations - link in @repaircampaign bio! Supporting material by Tinde Von Andel in Suriname."

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If you were at all conscious in the early '80s, you wanted Patrice Rushen's disco-tastic waterfall of brilliantly beaded braids. The California-born R&B and jazz vocalist was famous for chart-topping dance classics like "Forget Me Nots" and "Remind Me," but her trendsetting hairstyle was iconic on its own...

So I have been natural for a full 2 years now and I am still pretty much in love with my hair au natural. Unfortunately, like all great love affairs, we are no longer in the honeymoon phase! Yes, I…