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1954: George E. Johnson launches the Johnson Products Empire with Ultra Wave Hair Culture, a “permanent” hair straightener for men that can be applied at home. A women’s chemical straightener follows.
1977: The Jheri curl explodes on the black hair scene. Billed as a curly perm for blacks, the ultra-moist hairstyle lasts through the 1980s.
1865: Slavery ends, but whites look upon black women who style their hair like white women as well-adjusted. “Good” hair becomes a prerequisite for entering certain schools, churches, social groups and business networks.
2009: Comic Chris Rock unveils “Good Hair” at the Sundance Film Festival, exploring the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people.
2001: Rapper Lil’ Kim wears a platinum blonde weave, while singer Macy Gray sports a new-school afro. Some black women perm, some press, and others go with natural twists, braids and locks.
2003:
2007: MSNBC Radio Host Don Imus loses his job when he calls the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team “some nappy-headed hos.”
1980: Model-actress Grace Jones sports her trademark flat-top fade.
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1999: ”People” magazine names lock-topped Grammy award-winning artist Lauryn Hill one of its 50 Most Beautiful People.
1865: Slavery ends, but whites look upon black women who style their hair like white women as well-adjusted. “Good” hair becomes a prerequisite for entering certain schools, churches, social groups and business networks.
1966:
1997: Singer Erykah Badu poses on the cover of her debut album “Baduizm” with her head wrapped, ushering in an eclectic brand of Afrocentrism.
2008: ”The New Yorker” draws heat when a cover photo portrays Michelle Obama with an Afro and an AK 47 machine gun and and Barack Obama in a turban doing the fist bump. Many felt the cartoon reinforces negative stereotypes about both Muslims and natural hair.
2006: Baltimore Police Department’s
1900s: Madame C.J. Walker
1988: Spike Lee exposes the good hair/bad hair light-skinned/dark-skinned schism in black American in his movie “School Daze.”
1800s:
1700s:
Whether it’s Michael Jackson's Afro or female hip-hop artists “weave of the week,” black hair has long had the power to set trends and reflect societal attitudes.
1900s: Madame C.J. Walker develops hair-care products for black hair. She popularizes the press-and-curl style. Some criticize her for encouraging black women to look white.
1910: Walker is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the first African-American female self-made millionaire.
Natural Hair Struggles
Afro-textured (Natural) hair is a term used to refer to the natural texture of Black African hair that has not been altered by hot combs, flat irons, or chemicals..
1971:
Racism Lives-
This is a video of a similar case which took place on September.26,2013
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1966: Model Pat Evans defies both black and white standards of beauty and shaves her head.
Late 1800's:
1998: Carson Inc.,
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1962: Actress Cicely Tyson wears cornrows on the television drama “East Side/West Side.”
1960's -70's
It wasn’t until the Black Pride Movement & the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that African Americans turned back time to embrace their more natural, traditional hairstyles.
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1968: Actress Diahann Carroll is the first black woman to star in a television network series, “Julia.” She is a darker version of the all-American girl with straightened, curled hair.
2006: Black hair-care is a billion-dollar industry.
2008: ”The New Yorker” draws heat when a cover photo portrays Michelle Obama with an Afro and an AK 47 machine gun and and Barack Obama in a turban doing the fist bump. Many felt the cartoon reinforces negative stereotypes about both Muslims and natural hair.
1990: ”Sisters love the weave,” “Essence” magazine declares. A variety of natural styles and locks also become more accepted.
1997: Singer Erykah Badu poses on the cover of her debut album “Baduizm” with her head wrapped, ushering in an eclectic brand of Afrocentrism.