Black hair history

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.

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…

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

“Vintage hair advertisements”

West African braided hairstyles (traditional)

TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair Kent State University Museum | Fri, 09/10/2021 - 00:00 - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 23:45 | TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent.

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