Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Acknowledgments
  1. Black hair in Bondage 1400-1899                           1
  2. No Excuse for Nappy: 1900-1964                           25
  3. Revolutionary Roots: Naturals, Afr0s, 
         and the Changing Politics of Hair, 1965-1979         50
  4. The Business of Black Hair                               72
  5. politically incorrect: Black Hair's 
                      New Attitude, 1980-1994                101
  6. The Burden of Proof: Explaining Black Hair Culture      133
  7. Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow: 1995-2000                    165
  Sources                                                    185
  Index                                                      193