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SOURCE: Boston Globe
8/17/2022
Acceptance of Natural Hairstyles a Continuing Front in Civil Rights Struggle
by Jasmine Nichole Cobb
Recently signed legislation in Massachusetts prohibits workplaces and schools from banning many hairstyles associated with African Americans, showing that racism can work through sartorial standards to make opportunity and acceptance contingent on conformity to white norms.
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SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2/23/2021
For Many, an Afro isn’t Just a Hairstyle
Journalist Ernie Suggs reflects on how hairstyles reflected his own family's history, with backing from historians Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Noliwe Rooks.
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3-13-16
Everything Has a History Including Wigs
by Kurt Stenn
The desire to achieve a particular cosmetic look binds Lady Gaga to the Egyptian pharaohs, even though they seem worlds apart.
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