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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 to the 1998 uproar over a White third-grade teacher's reading of the book Nappy Hair, the issues surrounding African American hair continue to linger as we enter the twenty-first century.Hair Story is a historical and anecdotal exploration of Black Americans' tangled hair roots. A chronological look at the culture and politics behind the ever-changing state of Black hair from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States, it ties the personal to the political and the popular.Read about:* Why Black American slaves used items like axle grease and eel skin to straighten their hair.* How a Mexican chemist straightened Black hair using his formula for turning sheep's wool into a minklike fur.* How the Afro evolved from militant style .

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Author : Ayana Byrd

Pages : 250 pages

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ISBN-10 : 1250046572

ISBN-13 : 9781250046574

 

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