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Ms. Strand Calls a Press Conference xv
Peace Be Still xvii
Ntzoake Shange
Heads of Steam 1
Madam C. Walker:' Let Me Correct the Erroneous
Impression That I Claim to Straighten Hair" 2
A'lelia Bundles
The Hairdresser and the Scholar 11
Mark Higbee Severed 15
Annabelle Baker
It All Comes Down to the Kitchen 23
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Kink That Winked 26
Cynthia Colbert
Tender headed, or Rejecting the
Legacy of Being Able to Take It 30
Meg Henson Scales
Baby Hair 39
Constance Nichols
A Day at the Beach 39
KAY BROWN
Learning the Language of My Daughter's Hair 43
PETER HARRIS
Hair (R)evolution 49
CYNTHIA COLBERT
Things My Mother Never Taught Me 53
JACQUELYN LONG
Tender headed 58
NIKKY FINNEY
Cornrow Calculations (or Math Is Beauty) 63
TONI WYNN
Store-Bought Hair 70
Fake 70
GERRIE SUMMERS
Planet Hair 78
LISA JONES
Hair Braiding, Miss? 85
TAIIA SMART
Madam Speaks 89
MARK RICHARD MOSS
Straight Talk 95
Relax Your Mind! 95
JENYNE M. RAINES
When Black Hair Tangles with White Power 102
MARIAME KABA
HotComb 108
NATASHA TRETHEWEY
Straightening Our Hair 111
BELL HOOKS
A Rio Crime 116
LAURA SULLIVAN
A Short History of Early Hair Straightening 125
WILLIE MORROW
AR-Time Top Hair Divas 128
JENYNE RAINES
Wrappers' Delight 133
Under Cover 135
HALIMA TAHA
Grandma Blows Her Top 144
GLORIA WADE GAYLES
Upfift 146
LIDDY JONES
Bandanna 148
MICHAEL D. HARRIS
The Culture of Hair Sculpture 153
JULIETTE HARRIS
Pillow Talk 161
If You Let Me Make Love to You,
Then Why Cant I Touch Your Hair? 163
CHERILYN " LIV" WRIGHT
Battle of the Wigs 177
GEORGE C. WOLFE
White Boyfriend 179
EVANGELINE WHEELER
Hagar's Blues 181
TONI MORRISON
Dekar's Touch 186
PAMELA JOHNSON
When Worlds Collide 194
The Curse (and Redemption) of Short Hair 194
THOMAS .TAIWO"DUVALL
Hair Hysteria 196
S. PEARL SHARP
Afro Images: Politics Fashion and Nostalgia 200
ANGELA Y. DAVIS
Daughters of Africa 208
EVANGELINE WHEELER
On Short Nappy Hair and the Business
of Blackness: From Ohio to South Africa 210
PAITRA D. RUSSELL
Smooth Heated Stones and Sunlight Soap 221
ROSALIE KIAH
Crowning Glories: Hair, Head,
Style, and Substance in Yoruba Culture 227
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY HENRY JOHN DREWAL
No Longer Stranded 236
IDARA E. BASSEY
Silver Foxes 239
My Smart Gray Streak 240
YVONNE DURANT
Attitude at Seventy-Five 242
NAOMI LONG MADGETT
In Her Hair 243
S. PEARL SHARP
Homage to My Hair 246
LUCILLE CLIFTON
Something's Lost in Living Every Day 246
LEATHA SIMMONS MITCHELL
She Who Mirrors Me 252
RUBY DEE,
Gray Strands 253
NAOMI LONG MADGETT
Locks and Keys 254
Don't Even Pretend (The Saturn
Poem) 254
PETER HARRIS
In the Kitchen 257
JEWELLE GOMEZ
The Call 263
TAMARA JEFFRIES
Clean Break 268
JILL NELSON
My Bold Black Statement 273
SUSAN L. TAYLOR
post -Traumatic Tress Syndrome 275
DENISE L. DAVIS, M.D.
In Sickness and in Health 281
FRANKIE ALEXANDER
Oppressed Hair Puts a Ceiling on the Brain 283
ALICE WALKER
A Happy Nappy Hair-Care Affair 298
LINDA JONES
Ms. Strand Adjourns 297
About the Contributors 299
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