African-American hair
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African-American hair, also known as Black hair, refers to natural hair textures, styles and cultural practices associated with people of African descent in the United States. It is most commonly tigh
An African American hairstyle called cornrows.
Afro-textured hair up close.
Angela Davis (right) in 1972 with her influential hairstyle
Singer-songwriter and actress Jill Scott in March 2012
Afro
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The afro is a hair style created by combing out natural growth of afro-textured hair, or specifically styled with chemical curling products by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair. The ha
Musician Billy Preston with an afro in 1974
Angela Davis (center, no glasses) enters Royce Hall at UCLA for her first philosophy lecture in October 1969.
The Jackson Five sporting afros in 1976
A young girl wearing a hairstyle of several sections of hair bound with elastics, a style called afro puffs