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Black women's crowns vary in how we choose to wear our hair, but are crowns nonetheless. Our hair has been policed and appropriated for centuries, dating back to Louisiana's Tignon Laws of 1786.'Creole in a Red Headdress' by Jacques AmanNew Orleans was unique in its high population of gens de couleur libres (free people of color). The city's free Black community made strides in education, business, civil rights, art, and medicine, contributed heavily to the Black Creole culture that New Orleans Red Turban, Creole Culture, Hair History, Louisiana Creole, Painting Portrait, African American History, History Facts, Black People, Black Women Hairstyles

Straight and silky, curly and kinky, weave or natural, long, short, or even bald -- Black women's crowns vary in how we choose to wear our hair; but are crowns nonetheless. These crowns have been policed and appropriated for centuries, dating back to Louisiana's Tignon Laws of 1786 New Orleans.

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We've all been introduced to Cajun speech and strain to understand it, catching just a word here and there. Louisiana French or Creole is spoken by several hundred thousand people in southern Louisiana, but until recently the language has not gotten its due as a serious language, distinct from both French and English. Over the centuries, the language has incorporated some words of African, Spanish, Native American, Haitian and English origin, sometimes giving it linguistic features found only in Louisiana. Louisiana French is spoken across ethnic and racial lines by people who identify as Cajun or Louisiana Creole as well as Chitimacha, Houma, Biloxi, Tunica, Choctaw, Acadian, and French among others. For these reasons, as well as the relatively small influence Acadian French has had on th Cajun French, Southern Louisiana, Louisiana Creole, Code Switching, First Language, English Translation, Some Words, A Word, English Language

We've all been introduced to Cajun speech and strain to understand it, catching just a word here and there. Louisiana French or Creole is spoken by several hundred thousand people in southern Louisiana, but until recently the language has not gotten its due as a serious language, distinct from both French and English. Over the centuries, the language has incorporated some words of African, Spanish, Native American, Haitian and English origin, sometimes giving it linguistic features found…

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