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  2. 1960s in fashion - Wikipedia

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    Black feminists often wore afros in reaction to the hair straighteners associated with middle class white women. At the 1968 feminist Miss America protest , protestors symbolically threw a number of feminine fashion-related products into a "Freedom Trash Can," including false eyelashes, high-heeled shoes, curlers, hairspray, makeup, girdles ...

  3. Afro - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [24] [25] In the 1950s and 1960s, South African women were also known to wear their hair in an afro-type style. [2] The afro did not rise to the same level of popularity among the Afro-Caribbean community as it did in the United States, in part because of the popularity of dreadlocks, which played an important role in the Rastafari ...

  4. African-American beauty - Wikipedia

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    African American beauty focuses on the beauty of African Americans, as beauty is viewed differently by various groups. [2] Similar to other cultures, ideals of beauty in African-American communities have varied throughout the years.

  5. Donyale Luna - Wikipedia

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    Her father, of African-American heritage, worked in production at the Ford plant, and her mother, of African-American and German heritage, worked as a secretary for the Young Women's Christian Association and had been given the nickname "Big Peggy" to differentiate her from Peggy-Ann, who was "Little Peggy". Luna's parents married and divorced ...

  6. Black is beautiful - Wikipedia

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    Zuri, a makeup brand had “For the women of color” and “Beauty comes in many colors.” These advertisements featured black women and appealed to the black female consumers. Advertisements for products enhancing and celebrating natural hairstyles and afros featured black men, women, children, families, and couples.

  7. The Only Black Woman In The Office: 'I Am The Only One - AOL

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    Again," the young black woman says, staring straight into the camera. And so begins a new, fictional web series about a black woman named Racey Jones working in an all-white office in corporate ...

  8. Column: Black women say they're exhausted after election, but ...

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    'I don't care about the little blue bracelet you wear' Black women comprise about 7% of the population. And they have every right to feel disheartened and disillusioned by Trump's re-election ...

  9. Big hair - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the specific style, hairstyles in the big hair categories may require a number of styling, cutting, or treatment techniques. Styling of punk and alternative big hair styles often requires backcombing (teasing) and the liberal application of styling aids such as hair spray, hair mousse, or hair gel, often in combination with the use of hair dryers.