Deborah Hardnett’s Wealthy Sistas Blog Radio interview with A’Lelia about Madam Walker
Archive for the ‘Hair History’ Category
Wealthy Sistas Radio
Posted in A'Lelia Bundles, Hair History, Madam C. J. Walker, Madame C. J. Walker, Madame Walker Theatre Center on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Untangling “Good Hair”
Posted in Hair History, tagged A'Lelia Bundles, Ada Babino, Angela de Joseph, black hair care, black women, Chris Rock, Duncan Shepherd, Good Hair, Jezebel.com, natural hair, Nicole Moore, Rebecca Fortune, Regina Kimball on October 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In my dreams, I wish “Good Hair” would create a discussion so revolutionary that black women across America would be so confident of their beauty they wouldn’t crave weaves or “creamy crack.”
Hair Links
Posted in Hair History, tagged black hair care, Chris Rock, Good Hair, Hair History, Nicole Moore, Thehotness.com on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a woman who survived the Hair Wars of the 1960s when large numbers of black girls and women abandoned hot combs and hair straighteners for natural hair, and as hair care pioneer Madam C. J. Walker’s great-great-granddaughter and biographer, I often find myself at a unique vantage point from which to observe today’s ongoing hair skirmishes.
