Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Lori L. Tharps, Ayana Byrd

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

Lori L. Tharps, Ayana Byrd

198 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
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Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a "free" person ...

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