This information about hair has been hidden from the public since the Viet Nam War . Our culture leads people to believe that hair style is a matter of personal preference, that hair style is a matter of fashion and/or convenience, and that how people wear their hair is simply a cosmetic issue.... Read more...
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25/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
Robert Hayden Robert Hayden was a poet, essayist, educator. He was appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976. Hayden was elected to the American Academy of Poets in 1975. From 1976 - 1978, Hayden was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the first Af... Read more...
“The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975,” among other things an extraordinary feat of editing and archival research, takes up a familiar period in American history from a fresh and fascinating angle. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Swedish television journalists traveled to the United States wit... Read more...
…He was a dark, grim man wit’ jet black hair wit’ a patch o’ gray in the front o’ it; he always wore a buzz cut. He had dark, beautiful, rich skin with these piercin’ hazel eyes. Lookin’ into his eyes, you can see there was so much pain in his soul. He had a scar down his face throug... Read more...