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Hair Story : Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
Hair Story Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
Author: Ayana Byrd, Lori Tharps
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 is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312283223
ISBN-10: 0312283229
Publication Date: 1/12/2002
Pages: 208
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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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