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Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America.

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A historical and anecdotal exploration of Black Americans' tangled hair roots. A chronological look at the culture and politics behind Black hair from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States, tying the personal to the political and the popular.

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America: 1619-1962
Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications
A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Who is Black? One Nation’s Definition
Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance
Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America.

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Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America: 1619-1962

Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications

A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City

From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Who is Black? One Nation’s Definition

Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People

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