Tag Archives: Black History Month

Black History Month Expo on The History of Black Hair

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Josephine Baker under pressure to conform
  • boxer braids are corn rolls
  • Cultural Appropriation of the Afro
  • White Girl Dreads
  • Micheal Jackson wore an Afro
  • Celebrity Dread Locks

  Black hair has been an indispensable element of Black history – from African tribal styles to dreadlocks and the Afro. This month BlackHairStyle.com investigates a good many of the key black hair styles. In early African civic establishments, haircuts could show a man’s family foundation, tribe and societal position or status. “Pretty much everything […]

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The Legacy of Madam C.J Walker, The untold Story

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A number of successful black entrepreneurs have lived to leave legacies that shall forever be etched in history. Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J Walker, was a renowned lover of the arts, social activist and entrepreneur whose legacy in the hair care industry still lives on. Early Years Born in 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, […]

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