posted 16/02/13

Hair Story by Ayana D. Byrd

Book Description:
Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a “free” person to the 1998 uproar over a White third-grade teacher’s reading of the book Nappy Hair, the issues surrounding Black hair linger as we enter the twenty-first century.

Tying the personal to the political and the popular, Hair Story takes a chronological look at the culture behind the ever-changing state of Black hair-from fifteenth century Africa to the present-day United States. Hair Story is the book that Black Americans can use as a benchmark for tracing a unique aspect of their history and that people of all races will celebrate as the reference guide for understanding Black hair.

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posted 12/02/13

Ultra Black Hair Growth II 2000 Edition by Cathy Howse

Book Description:
Ultra Black Hair Growth II, 2000 Edition is the updated step-by-step manual to help black women care for their hair appropriately. The techniques defined in the book 10 years ago still apply today. Ultra Black Hair Growth II 2000 contains a “common sense” approach to growing black hair. Still the only proven black hair growth system for over 10 years.

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posted 08/02/13

Murder on a Bad Hair Day by Anne George

Book Description:
It’s hard to believe practical, petite ex-schoolteacher Patricia Anne and amiable, ample-bodied, and outrageous Mary Alice are sisters, yet sibling rivalry has survived decades of good-natured disagreement about everything from husbands to hair color. No sooner do the Southern sisters discover a common interest in some local art, when they’re arguing the artistic merits of some well-coiffured heads at a gallery opening. A few hours later, one of those pretty ladies ends up dead — with not a hair out of place. The other shows up on Patricia Anne’s doorstep dazed, disheveled, and telling a wild tale of a narrow escape from some deadly cuts. Now the sisters are once again combing for clues to catch a killer with a bizarre style in art — and murder.

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